[NCLUG] dhcp and @home

[J. Paul Reed]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Sean Roberts wrote:

> @home tech support is nearly useless, especially for linux.

Nice to know Charter and @home are neck and neck in this respect.

> my dhcp works great with linux.  The server requires you to supply
> your hostname when you request an IP address.  Try
>
> /sbin/dhcpcd -d -h <hostname> eth0
>
> the -d flag just syslogs stuff, so it's optional, but can help with
> trouble shooting.

... and don't forget that -R flag if you're using your own caching
nameserver, as I am (it points to Charter's servers anyway, but still...)

Later,
Paul
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