[ale] OT From static to DHCP

[hne at inetnow.net (Keith Hopkins)]

Michael E. Barker wrote:

> I have @home (which has been in trouble for a while) through Comcast my
> cable provider.  I just recieved an email saying I need to reconfigure
> from static to DHCP with their new high-speed service or lose
> connctivity.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with this.  I have succesfully configured
> DHCP for lan in the past but cable does not want to cooperate.
> 
> Appreciativly
> 
> -Michael
> 


Hi Michael,

   What distro are you running?  There should be one included with it.  Look for either the dhclient a.k.a. "ISC DHCP Client" or dhcpcd (the dhcp client daemon).  Either of these should work fine for you.  There are others too, just check freshmeat.

Lost in Tokyo,
   Keith



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