RE: Comcast/@Home cable modems with OpenBSD

["Carl Johnston" <cjohnston@biziworks.com.au>]

You will need to set the "host-name" in /etc/dhclient.conf to the "Machine
Name" supplied by your cable provider, you probably won't get an IP from
their DHCP system without doing this.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org]On Behalf Of
> s.cookie
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 August 2001 11:48 PM
> To: Nathan Ryan Milford
> Cc: misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Comcast/@Home cable modems with OpenBSD
>
>
> Doesn't work for me, and I use the following:
>
> # cat /etc/hostname.dc0
> dhcp NONE NONE NONE
>
> # cat /etc/dhclient.conf
> initial-interval 1;
> send host-name "shrimpcookie";
> request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers,
>        domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name;
>
> I removed the write bit on resolv.conf with the same results. :|
>
> On 2 Aug 2001, at 17:34, Nathan Ryan Milford wrote:
>
> > This is what you need to do.  set your external interface to
> dhcp and add an
> > entry similer to this in your /etc/dhclient.conf
> >
> > initial-interval 1;
> > send host-name "CJ2323-WHATEVER";
> > request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers,
> >        domain-name,  host-name, domain-name-servers;
> >
> > if you do that you'll be kosher.  john pointed that out to me,
> so thank him.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Greene" <pgreene@patriot.net>
> > To: <misc@openbsd.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 03:50 PM
> > Subject: Comcast/@Home cable modems with OpenBSD
> >
> >
> > > Hi;
> > >
> > > By chance, anyone on the list using the Comcast/@Home cable
> modem service
> > > with OpenBSD?
> > >
> > > (Preferably, someone in the Metro DC/Northern Virginia area)
> > >
> > > I'd like to get some feedback/suggestions as to any service
> issues with
> > > these guys and OpenBSD, any technical glitches encountered
> (and hopefully
> > > overcome), etc etc.
> > >
> > > Feel free to contact me offline to avoid unnecessary list noise.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Paul Greene