🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:52:14 GMT, Gordon McFadden
<gmcfadden@westsoft-systems.com> wrote:
>Hal Burgiss wrote:

[...]

>> Maybe a little more info...which distro? which dhcp client?
>
>The Linux distribution is RH 6.1.
>I am not sure about the DHCP client.....
>

It is 'pump'.

>> In my experience, DHCP is such a simple, straight forward protocol,
>> most failures can be traced to the network device, typically a NIC.
>> Is this setup using a NIC? If so, is it recognized and initialized by
>> the kernel/module?
>>
>Yes, as stated before the NIC is recognized.  I have two other NICs in
>the box (if it make a difference).  On is a Wave interface (on it way
>out hopefully), the other is an interface to my internal network.  Both
>of these have truely static addresses...

Some things you might try. Run some tests at the command line:

 pump -i eth0 (or whatever the correct device is)

This *should* work. Some DHCP servers like to have a hostname passed as
well. IIRC, it really does not make a difference what it is. So then
try:

 pump -i eth0 -h <your_hostname>

That's all I know on pump. If this doesn't work, I would try assigning a
private IP (10.0.0.1 or whatever) to the NIC with 'netcfg' and then make
sure I can ping that. 'netcfg' works pretty well for setting all this
up. Just set 'protocol', 'device', 'on boot', then hit 'activate'.

FWIW, pump works fine with me on RH6.1. I have an 'Alcatel 1000'
external.
 
>> >Has anyone done this?
>> 
>> Not with a 'Telus'.
>
>Telus is my telco/service provider....

Ahhh!


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Hal B
hburgiss@bellsouth.net
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