Already have tried it from the command line and then tailed the syslog. Errored out...with several attempts listed in the syslog. I think Nate Carlson said he tried it and ended up using dhcp-client because he couldn't get it working either. Thanks, James Spinti jspinti at dartdist.com 952-368-3278 x396 fax 952-368-3255 |-----Original Message----- |From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org |[mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Steve Siegfried |Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 11:38 AM |To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org |Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Roadrunner cable & DHCP | | | |Actually, it probably will... with help. It's my experience that |pump won't automagically renew your lease... and when the lease |expires, your network connection just goes catatonic. Some ISPs use |exceptionally short lease expirations (under 4 hours) to ease the |pressure on their limited number of IP addresses. | |The fix is to insert into root's crontab an explicit lease renewal, |for example, hourly at 1 minute after the hour: | | > 01 * * * * /sbin/pump -i eth1 -R | |NOTE: remember to change the "eth1" part to use the right device. | |Hope this help'idly, | |-S | | | |James Spinti wrote: |> |> pump won't work with RoadRunner :( |> |> Thanks, |> |> James Spinti |> jspinti at dartdist.com |> 952-368-3278 x396 |> fax 952-368-3255 |> |> |-----Original Message----- |> |From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org |> |[mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Andy Zbikowski |> |(Zibby) |> |Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:59 AM |> |To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org |> |Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Roadrunner cable & DHCP |> | |> | |> |If you are in Time Warner land you shouldn't have to do anything. Potato |> |uses the dhcpcd package (DHCP Client Daemon) Progeny/Woody/Sid use |> |dhcp-client package. By default, you'll get pump, which has a |tendency to |> |freak out on renewing the DHCP lease. Hopefully pump has been fixed, but |> |I'm sticking with the dhcp-client. |> | |> |If you're in AT&T land you'll have to give them the Hardware |(MAC) address |> |of your NIC before you can get online. Time Warner just uses the cable |> |modem itself for auth and whatnot and avoids this step. |> | |> |TimeWarner will give you 5 ips, AT&T 1. Even if you have Time Warner I |> |suggest going with a NAT box as their DHCP servers have been somewhat |> |flakey in the past. (I think this has greatly improved, but I |like having |> |the NAT/Firewall box there.) |> | |> |Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org |> |"We can learn much more from wise words, little |> |from wisecracks and less from wise guys." |> |--William Arthur Ward |> | |> | |> |_______________________________________________ |> |tclug-list mailing list |> |tclug-list at mn-linux.org |> |https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list |> | |> _______________________________________________ |> tclug-list mailing list |> tclug-list at mn-linux.org |> https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list |> | |_______________________________________________ |tclug-list mailing list |tclug-list at mn-linux.org |https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list |