DHCP Settings

[mtweidmann]

Hi,

 

A friend from Uni is having trouble setting up his DHCP client, he is trying to do it all himself (from scratch). We thought it might help if we compared my settings to his as we have very similar set us. But where are earth does Mandrake keep them?? I've be prodding around my system but I can only find scripts not configurations.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

If you run a DHCP server, the settings are in /etc/dhcpd.conf. If you are just a client using an outside DHCP server, then you should have an /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or ifcfg-eth1, etc). It should look something like this:

DEVICE="eth0"
BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
ONBOOT="yes"

 

You may or may not have to add a

Netmask="blahblah"

 

in there. If you use dhcpcd, then you would have an /etc/dhcpc/ directory with a file in it like dhcpcd-eth0.info

although I'm not sure what it should look like.

 

Here's a good site with instruction on how to use pump to set up the client configuration.

http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/.../pump-done.html

Edited November 4, 2003 by Steve Scrimpshire

[mtweidmann]

Thanks thats great. :)

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Bear in mind that I have yet to be able to get my cable modem working hooked directly to the ethernet card I have, but it only works through USB (which is really odd considering Mandrake's track record with USB devices). Apparently, the USB driver for the cable modem has the dhcp client stuff built in and I've tried everything to get my cable modem to work through the ethernet card to no avail. :)

[red]

Steve,

 

Just out of curiosity, what problem are you seeing with your cable internet connection?

 

I had some trouble with a cable internet connection as well and am thinking we can compare notes.

 

let me know

 

RED