Eric, I'm not sure if i can answer your question, but i may be able to clearify the cable-modem issue a little. My brother has the cable modem and uses Win2k - i did notice that getting the dynamic IP address all depended upon his "computer" name. It appears to me that AT&T uses the host name to dish out IPs that have accounts with AT&T. If my brother doesn't have the proper computer name in place, he wouldn't get an IP - and thus, could not surf.
Hope this helps, Duane Curlee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Debian User (err... Attempter, anyway) On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Eric Boo spake: > Hi all, > > I'm using pump on SID. My ISP is a cable provider who do not issue > static ips. Usually, when I use pump, I have the same ip address for > months, unless I switch off the modem and someone else grabs it. > > When I reboot into windows on the same machine, I get another ip > address, then when I go back to linux again, it's back to the same old > ip address again (assuming no one grabbed it). If I use dhcpcd, it's > another ip. > > Question: How are these ip address stored, if they are (under pump > espcially), and how do I force pump to get another different ip if > needed? > > Also, I can't seem to use pump on the command line after releasing it > with pump -r. pump -R -i eth0 and simply "pump" both gave operation > failed. Maybe I should go back to dhcpcd. Or is there an alternative? > How's dh-client? > > Eric > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
