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by **Doug O'Lear** » Wed, 21 Jul 1999 04:00:00

Hi;

I just loaded RedHat 6.0 and tried out my new cable modem with the same
results as the previous versions of Linux. The dhcp client is 1.3 (which,
according to the documentaiton is supposed to fix some these problems). I
keep getting a time out waiting for valid DHCP reply message in my logs.

Mediaone doesn't provide any help for this; they say they only support MS
viruses - operating systems.

Does anyone have a cable modem working with MediaOne? Any tips on what I
might try now?
Thanks for any help.

Doug O'Leary

by **Bill Somervill** » Wed, 21 Jul 1999 04:00:00

One difference between DHCP as implemented by MS and DHCP as implemented by
Linux is that MS DHCP sends the hostname along with the DHCP request. Linux
allows you to do this via the -h parameter on dhcpcd. My provider requires
the hostname since that's how they assign IP addresses (bogus!), but this
did the trick. Whether yours does or not, it might be worth a try. There
are also some other parms on dhcpcd you might look at.

-- Bill

> Hi;

> I just loaded RedHat 6.0 and tried out my new cable modem with the same
> results as the previous versions of Linux. The dhcp client is 1.3 (which,
> according to the documentaiton is supposed to fix some these problems). I
> keep getting a time out waiting for valid DHCP reply message in my logs.

> Mediaone doesn't provide any help for this; they say they only support MS
> viruses - operating systems.

> Does anyone have a cable modem working with MediaOne? Any tips on what I
> might try now?
> Thanks for any help.

> Doug O'Leary

by **Peter Buelo** » Wed, 21 Jul 1999 04:00:00

> Hi;

> I just loaded RedHat 6.0 and tried out my new cable modem with the same
> results as the previous versions of Linux. The dhcp client is 1.3 (which,
> according to the documentaiton is supposed to fix some these problems). I
> keep getting a time out waiting for valid DHCP reply message in my logs.

> Mediaone doesn't provide any help for this; they say they only support MS
> viruses - operating systems.

> Does anyone have a cable modem working with MediaOne? Any tips on what I
> might try now?
> Thanks for any help.

> Doug O'Leary

yes, I have a mediaone connection. Lots of issues with them and
getting a connection at all, much less an IP. Took a while, but I didn't
have any problems with RH5.2 and the client it came with. I suggest you
try the ISC (www.isc.org) dhclient (comes with the dhcp daemon from
their site) instead. This may help. I assume you still have access
somewhere and that you can download this and cart it home (I believe
that it is less than a floppy big). The latest dhclient is as advanced
as dhcpcd. On the other hand, there are newer versions of dhcpcd that
can be downloaded and compiled (RH6 I believe uses a slightly older
build of the latest release). I had to do this with my older Slack
distro (3.6) to get that to work. But don't assume that it is your
computer and software. We had the flakiest connections for months. Only
in the last week or two has our connection been reliable.
--
Peter Buelow - Software Engineer
--
"Finger to spiritual emptiness underlying everything." -- How a C manual
referred to a "pointer to void."

by **Doug O'Lear** » Wed, 21 Jul 1999 04:00:00

Thanks for the response.

I'm aware of the -h option; I've tried every hostname that I can think of
and haven't gotten anywhere. From what I understand, you're supposed to use
your account name as the hostname. Is that what you're doing?

Who, if you don't mind my asking, is your service provider (Bell Atlantic)?

Some of those other options looked like they might show some promise;
however, I'm not familiar with the format for the arguments. Know anything
about them?

Thanks again for your response.

Doug O'Leary

by **Jeff Lor** » Thu, 22 Jul 1999 04:00:00

What Kernel are you running on your 5.2 box?
I can't get DHCP running on my Mediaone cable modem with any 2.2.X kernels.

Jeff

> > Hi;

> > I just loaded RedHat 6.0 and tried out my new cable modem with the same
> > results as the previous versions of Linux. The dhcp client is 1.3
(which,
> > according to the documentaiton is supposed to fix some these problems).
I
> > keep getting a time out waiting for valid DHCP reply message in my logs.

> > Mediaone doesn't provide any help for this; they say they only support
MS
> > viruses - operating systems.

> > Does anyone have a cable modem working with MediaOne? Any tips on what
I
> > might try now?
> > Thanks for any help.

> > Doug O'Leary

> yes, I have a mediaone connection. Lots of issues with them and
> getting a connection at all, much less an IP. Took a while, but I didn't
> have any problems with RH5.2 and the client it came with. I suggest you
> try the ISC (www.isc.org) dhclient (comes with the dhcp daemon from
> their site) instead. This may help. I assume you still have access
> somewhere and that you can download this and cart it home (I believe
> that it is less than a floppy big). The latest dhclient is as advanced
> as dhcpcd. On the other hand, there are newer versions of dhcpcd that
> can be downloaded and compiled (RH6 I believe uses a slightly older
> build of the latest release). I had to do this with my older Slack
> distro (3.6) to get that to work. But don't assume that it is your
> computer and software. We had the flakiest connections for months. Only
> in the last week or two has our connection been reliable.
> --
> Peter Buelow - Software Engineer
> --
> "Finger to spiritual emptiness underlying everything." -- How a C manual
> referred to a "pointer to void."

by **Bill Somervill** » Thu, 22 Jul 1999 04:00:00

Bell Atlantic (DC area) is my ISP. I use my hostname (assigned by BA, which
is *), and it must be all uppercase, since that's how MS apparently
sends it.

You might take a look at your /var/log/messages file and see if you see any
helpful output from dhcpcd.

-- Bill

> Thanks for the response.

> I'm aware of the -h option; I've tried every hostname that I can think of
> and haven't gotten anywhere. From what I understand, you're supposed to
use
> your account name as the hostname. Is that what you're doing?

> Who, if you don't mind my asking, is your service provider (Bell
Atlantic)?

> Some of those other options looked like they might show some promise;
> however, I'm not familiar with the format for the arguments. Know
anything
> about them?

> Thanks again for your response.

> Doug O'Leary

by **Doug O'Lear** » Thu, 22 Jul 1999 04:00:00

All uppercase? That I wasn't aware of; I'll have to give that a try.

The logged messages are basically worthless. I get two messages saying dhcp
is broadcasting, then, a little while later, it says it timed out waiting
for a valid response from DHCP server. And that's with the -d(ebug)
option...

Thanks for the tip.

Doug

> Bell Atlantic (DC area) is my ISP. I use my hostname (assigned by BA,
which
> is *), and it must be all uppercase, since that's how MS apparently
> sends it.

> You might take a look at your /var/log/messages file and see if you see
any
> helpful output from dhcpcd.

> -- Bill

> > Thanks for the response.

> > I'm aware of the -h option; I've tried every hostname that I can think
of
> > and haven't gotten anywhere. From what I understand, you're supposed to
> use
> > your account name as the hostname. Is that what you're doing?

> > Who, if you don't mind my asking, is your service provider (Bell
> Atlantic)?

> > Some of those other options looked like they might show some promise;
> > however, I'm not familiar with the format for the arguments. Know
> anything
> > about them?

> > Thanks again for your response.

> > Doug O'Leary

by **Doyen Klei** » Fri, 23 Jul 1999 04:00:00

I am a newbie who can contribute little, but......
I do use mediaone, and my hostname IS NOT my account name. I am
connected
using 98, and all they need is my MAC address on my NIC. I was planning
to
do just what you're trying (using RH5.2) but now I'm thinking keeping
the winblows connected, and using a win proxy server. Once I've done
more reading, I'll switch the NIC back and forth, and see which way
works better, Personnally I'd like to give the Winblows machine to my
2yo daughter. BTW I need to connect a MAC G3 to all this aswell, so
outside of the HOW-TOs and FAQ's any other advice, or config files would
be welcome.

--
Doyen & Sarah Klein

by **pjs** » Sat, 24 Jul 1999 04:00:00

I had the same problem with Redhat 6.0, I ended up having to plug the NIC
back into the Win98 box and download a new version of pump (the DHCP
client).
After that, no problem with DHCP on linux.

pete

> Hi;

> I just loaded RedHat 6.0 and tried out my new cable modem with the same
> results as the previous versions of Linux. The dhcp client is 1.3 (which,
> according to the documentaiton is supposed to fix some these problems). I
> keep getting a time out waiting for valid DHCP reply message in my logs.

> Mediaone doesn't provide any help for this; they say they only support MS
> viruses - operating systems.

> Does anyone have a cable modem working with MediaOne? Any tips on what I
> might try now?
> Thanks for any help.

> Doug O'Leary

by **Harold Pritchet** » Sat, 31 Jul 1999 04:00:00

> I had the same problem with Redhat 6.0, I ended up having to
> plug the NIC > back into the Win98 box and download a new
> version of pump (the DHCP client).
> After that, no problem with DHCP on linux.

Where do you put the hostname needed by the DHCP server.
I'm currently running 5.2 with no problems. A wuick edit
of the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup and add the
-h hostname to the line calling dhcpcd.

I just don't see where to put the hostname in the 6.0
setup files.

Thanks

Harold

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