[ale] AT&T Broadband and Linux

[Joe Knapka]

If you use dhcpcd, it will run a script /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth<n>.exe
when the IP changes, and you can use that to handle any admin tasks
that need to be done. For example, I use that script to republish
my dynamic DNS address when my IP changes; that way I can always
reach myself at jknapka.yi.com.

-- Joe

Venky Narayanan wrote:
> 
> All,
> I had almost the same problem as Chris had. My Linux router has been up for
> almost 5 months and we had the same IP from Media One till last Thursday. I
> noticed the IP Change when my Website which is run on the Linux router
> wasn't showing up with IP reference I made. After checking out with Linux
> box I came to know that my IP has been changed.
> I made relevant changes on http.conf (for ServerName IP), restarted httpd
> and checked out with the Website and it doesn't seem working. I restarted
> the Linux box and it started working. Now I made the ServerName as 127.0.0.1
> instead of the dynamic IP address.
> My question is what changes should I have made for my Website to work
> properly instead of rebooting?
> I am running Turbolinux Kernel version 2.2.14-3 on a 486.
> 
> TIA,
> Venky.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Chris
> Egolf
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 11:12 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] AT&T Broadbrand and Linux
> 
> Just wondering if anyone else one this list has had problems w/ the
> MediaOne/AT&T Broadband service in regards to DHCP.  I've had the
> service for close to 6 months and I know of others that have had it for
> more than a year.  Even though we knew we were getting a dynamic IP
> through DHCP, if you had to bring the machine down or simply reboot it,
> chances were good that you'd get the same IP number...some people had
> the same one for over a year, even though it was 'dynamic'.
> 
> Recently however, everytime I've had to reboot, my IP # has changed.
> Others I know have had the same problem.  Since I need to access my
> machine remotely, I've stopped doing this -- no more kernel upgrades I
> guess.  My understanding w/ DHCP is that you are supposed to get the
> same IP again if it's still available.  I find it hard to believe that
> when my IP address is released during a reboot that it's distributed to
> someone else in that short amount of time.  Has anyone else experienced
> this or have an explanation?
> 
> Slightly OT, with this problem, I've been wondering about using some
> sort of dynamic DNS service.  I've seen various different ones -- some
> free, others that were fee based.  Has anyone on the list had good luck
> using any of these?
> 
> Thanks.
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