On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 05:15:42PM -0500, Jay Wineinger wrote: > I just got my att cable today and Im having some problems getting an IP > via dhcp. I managed to steal on by assigning it statically, but as of > now, my system hangs when trying to configure the interface > automatically. Are there any special settings i need to change to make > this work? (windows has no problem getting an ip) Your dhcp client is probably using too short a ttl (time to live) on the dhcp request. This was a problem with dhclient and pump when AT&T changed their network topology. Check the archives for a patch that fixes dhclient. Another option might be to write a firewall rule to change the ttl on dhcp packets. That would mean you don't have to patch any software. Nate