[NCLUG] Linux/Att cable modem....

[Michael Dwyer]

> I apologize for the rant, but, this it's responses such as this that
keep
> me from interacting on lists such as this more often.

I fear the nature of E-mail misses the ironic bend to my E-mail.  My
connection mysteriously went away because... uh ... I never read
my @Home e-mail.  They even called me on the phone, but ... uh ... I
don't check the home voice mail all that often, either.

For what it is worth, then, I could never get dhcpc to return an
address,
and eventually had to call support to get my new IP.  But then, my
outage
coincided with a 'laser group outage' as well, so things were allll
confused.

> I asked a simple question "has anybody here done this...." and answers
to
> that affect are extremely helpful. Telling us to "re-read" our email
does
> nothing.

I have learned that you make no assumptions about computer support.  It
may be insulting, but the first question a tech should ask is "Is is
plugged in?".  It is amazing how often that works...  So in the same
way, I found it amazing that your question generated a half dozen
replies, and yet nobody mentioned the content of the E-mail.  ESPECIALLY
in a group of people that cherish a static IP address.

I'm sorry if it seemed waspish, but it looked like people missed
something.  I know I did.  I had the oil-soaked rags out, ready to march
on the AT&T offices until I actually /read/ my own E-mail and found that
they would let me keep my static address.  I had hoped to keep a number
of people from doing the same.

> > > I think AT&T is changing their policy.  I've had @Home for about 6
> months and
> > > had always had the same IP address.  Then about a week ago I got a
> letter
> > > saying to make sure I'm running DHCP, and gave me instructions on
how to
> make
> > > windows run DHCP (which I happily ignored).  Anyway, just the
other day
> my IP
> > > address changed, so if you start having network problems, that may
be
> the
> > > case.  dhcpcd is easy to run.  With @home they want you to tell
them
> your
> > > hostname (that they gave you).  So you should run:
> >
> > You people need to read your E-mail...
> >
> > Go back and read it, go visit the site they mentioned, and register
> > yourself
> > as one of the non-DHCP users.  Then, they send you a message warning
you
> > of
> > future addressing changes, and let you keep your semi-static IP.