On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > Several times in the last little while, Netscape and ping have had problems, > > either hanging or responding with Unknown. I then booted up in Windows95, > > and no problem. Then returning to Debian (1.3.1 still!) and the problem is > > solved. I am on @HOME cable. They tell me that their modem is in constant > > communication with the software and that the Windows DHCP module is > > effectively reseting the modem. Apparently my DHCP client is periodically > > failing. They say that some RH installs also have this problem ( this is > > why they > > don't support Linux). > > That's because RH has a really crappy DHCP client. @home isn't the only > people who have DHCP problems with Linux; most distributions make a really > poor choice as to which client to include. > > Incidentally, it sounds like the DHCP client isn't renewing the > lease. What happens when you do that manually, and does it happen > regularly (ie every x hours on the dot)? > Even though I am not actually answering the original question, I thought it would be appropriate to send a message warning that any USWest.net DSL user may experience a similar problem with their Cisco 675 doing NAT. However, the fix is relatively easy here: either try a different version of the DHCP client, or configure your computer for a static private IP (i.e., 10.0.0.3 or 10.0.0.4) which will work because they are doing NAT over PPP. Just my two cents, especially since I know many of their users are calling tech support and not always getting help because they do not support Linux. Nitebirdz > > Apparently a DHCP client that has "pump7" would be desirable. Can > > anyone tell me what to do. Before you tell me to do so, I should say > > that I installed Debian 2.0 on another drive, but have another > > problem--it won't recognize that I have an ethernet card (3c509, I > > think), so I would like to get 1.3.1 working for the time being. > > Thanks. > > The first thing I would do is install a different DHCP client, and see if > the problem goes away. I like to recommend ISC's DHCP client > (http://www.isc.org). It's extremely configurable, and Just Works. > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the > universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
