On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Cook, Justin S. wrote: > I'm having a small problem. My school(Winona State) is running their > network with DHCP. Now, I log on to my linux laptop, do a good ole > 'dhcpcd -d &' and eth0 comes up, i'm happy, until i find there is not > inet address set... Take a look at pump. I've found it to be a bit more cooperative than dhcpcd. Now, I realize not everyone runs Red Hat, but it does come with the later distributions: # rpm -qi pump Name : pump Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.7.8 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 1 Build Date: Tue 15 Feb 2000 04:12:40 PM EST Install date: Mon 24 Jul 2000 02:37:04 PM EDT Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM: pump-0.7.8-1.src.rpm Size : 83582 License: MIT Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> Summary : A Bootp and DHCP client for automatic IP configuration. Description : DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) and BOOTP (Boot Protocol) are protocols which allow individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from network servers. The overall purpose of DHCP and BOOTP is to make it easier to administer a large network. Pump is a combined BOOTP and DHCP client daemon, which allows your machine to retrieve configuration information from a server. You should install this package if you are on a network which uses BOOTP or DHCP. -- Chuck Milam chuck at milams.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org