Cox now insists on DHCP protocol

[Digital Wokan]

The @home group thing is new to me.  I have samba blocked from eth0 as a
preventative measure.

Nathan England wrote:
> 
> Forgive my ignorance...
> I used cox for about 3 weeks at a prior address, until I moved.
> They didn't have the area finished so they were only giving the Cox
> @home Express option, which was just half speed for half the price..
> 
> I played a lot with the dhcp trying to get it to work. I had no other
> choice.  I can't remember real well, but I did get it to work.
> 
> I set eth0 to be static at 192.168.1.1 then setup samba to be on the
> @home workgroup like they want the windows systems.
> I set the 'netbios name = ' to whatever the name was, I forget now..
> 
> I would wait a few minutes and try smbclient -U% -L //mynetbiosname
> and as long as it worked I would then
> 
> ifconfig eth0 down
> dhcpcd
> 
> Then it would pick up an ip and if I waited a few minutes..  I could try
> smbclient -U% -L //mynetbiosname and it would list a cox machine as the
> domain master..
> after which cox' network couldn't tell I wasn't a windows box and the
> internet would start working.
> I was under the impression that they had ip checking setup and only
> allowed access if the netbiosname was in their database.
> 
> I may be completely wrong, but it's worth a shot to anyone who must
> play. I hope this helps in the battle somewhere. If someone does get it
> to work, please post back here for anyone else who might be having
> problems..  I'm sure we'd all be interested in seeing working results.
> 
> Sorry I can't give more details, but that was over a year ago now and
> only a 3 week stent..
> 
> nathan
> 
> On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 22:44, tim cutler wrote:
> > Like most linux users on Cox@home, I have a static IP address. Now,
> > Cox@home has sent me email and tells me that they have "identified" my
> > computer as having a static address and not using DHCP protocol. They
> > are now insisting on my computer to adopt the DHCP protocol.
> >
> > I never managed to get DHCP protocol to work on my linux and wound up
> > using a static IP address (as was recommended here, thanks) to good effect.
> >
> > I've tried the linux netcfg GUI, selecting "DHCP" for the protocol. As
> > soon as I do that, I'm off the network.
> >
> > So, my trial and error begins again. I'm looking for any breadcrumb
> > clues to speed this unpleasant process up. I prefer NOT to use the f!@**
> > netcfg GUI (I hate that GUI; unless it works EVERY time it should always
> > tell you what files it's "fixing"). I would rather get pointed to any
> > /etc/ files that matter.
> >
> > I have RedHat 7.1.  I don't get why this is so hard for linux.
> >
> >       tc