I am trying to use my Linux box as a firewall. My internet connection is
via BellSouth ADSL using an external ADSL modem. Currently, I plug the
cable from the modem into my windows machine and set the windows machine to
use ADSL. Once I get my lease from BellSouth's ADSL server, I connect the
modem to my Linux box, where I use the IP address that I got from the ADSL
server. This works for a few days until the lease expires. There has to be
a better way.
I've tried to use both pump (I've got RedHat 6.2) and dhcpcd (with and
without the -r argument). I always specify -h hostname. In other words,
the commands I've tried are
pump -i eth0 -h myhostname -l 30000
dhcpcd -r -h myhostname -l 30000
and various permutations of these. For the hostname, I'm using the same
hostname that works under windows. (It must be specified to get a lease
from BellSouth's DHCP server.)
I've looked for evidence that IPChains is filtering something out, but if it
is I haven't noticed it.
I remember someone (I don't remember who) saying that BellSouth's DHCP
server is stupid and will grant very long leases, so apparently someone has
figured out how to make this work.
So, what do I need to do?
TIA
Eric Schmenk
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