Okay maybe I'm not understanding it correctly. (wouldn't be the first 
time). Doesn't ifup call pump? and then doesn't /etc/rc.d/init/network 
start call ifup? So that if I do /etc/rc.d/init/network start on start 
up shouldn't pump get called? I have DHCP_HOSTNAME="cx######-d" in my 
ifcfgeth0 file.

Carl P.

Chip Nielsen wrote:

> The key to getting DHCP working with Cox@Home is the provided hostname. I'm
> not sure
> what you're using as a dhcp client (dhcpcd or pump) but with pump:
> 
> /sbin/pump -h cxblahblahblah -i eth0
> (where cxblahblahblah is the Cox provided hostname)
> 
> This will send your hostname in the DHCP request. This is required for Cox
> to assign
> your machine an ip address. You can add a "DHCP_HOSTNAME" option to your
> ifcfgeth0
> script in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts (may be Redhat specific). This will
> make it
> so that the hostname is always sent when you do an ifup.
> 
> By the way, pump seems to work better than dhcpcd.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
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