Yes, @Home assigns IPs (static though they may be) through DHCP. Unlike other
ISPs that authenticate the IP address request with the requestor's MAC address
in their network interface card, @Home actually wants the *hostname* that the
technician assigned to your son's computer. So make sure that the Linux box
uses this name (without the .city.st.home.com part) for its hostname as well.
Also, as of 6.0, Red Hat's using a utility called pump for a combo DHCP/BOOTP
request client. DON'T USE IT. It doesn't work for hostname authentication.
Instead, install the dhcpcd package and hack the /sbin/ifup and ifdown
scripts to use dhcpcd instead of pump, and make sure that dhcpcd passes the
hostname along to the DHCP server (do a man or run "dhcpcd --help" to find
out how to do that).
HTH,
Fulton Green
http://www.FultonGreen.com/
On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 10:09:37AM -0500, Thompson Freeman wrote:
> My eldest son has signed up with @Home out of state, and is having a
> miserable time getting Linux connected. Any clues or experience or links
> that I should pass on to him? He has RH6.0 (and is POd at RH) and SUSE,
> and possibly Slackware.
>
> I can share one minor part of the story with the list, which may at least
> be amusing. When the cable guy finished the install in Chris' apartment,
> he said "And here is your static IP". Well, the IP assigned to Chris'
> machine may not change, but after 6 customer support calls one of the
> technicians was clued in enough that it still required DHCP for
> connection.
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