I found the instructions! forgot to ask

[bmike101 at cox.net]

where do I put dhcp3-client after the d/l? where is it going to be? can I specify this location before the d/l?

> 
> How should I download dhcp3-client w/o installing it
> 
> The instructions are:
> ---1- download (preferably with a package manager 
> ---	dhcp3-client
> 
> How should I download dhcp3-client seeing as the os isn't on thet network. Should I 'apt-get install -d dhsp3-client' and pray there are no unmet dependencies?
> 
> ---2- Edit /etc/network/interfaces so that it includes a 
> ---stanza like this:
> ---	iface eth0 inet dhcp 
> ---NOTE:
> ---may already have this line at the bottom of the script 
> ---but comment out everything except this line (existing 
> ---address/mask/Bcast.....)
> 
> You know I just looked at this file and modified it to look like the instructions say. I just added a hash by all the lines except the one i'm not supposed to. I looks thusly:
> 
> ## /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
> 
> ##auto lo
> ##iface lo inet loopback
> 
> ## DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE
> #auto eth0
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> #  address 192.168.0.10
> #  netmask 255.255.255.0
> #  broadcast 192.168.0.255
> #  gateway 192.168.0.1
> #auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> #  address 192.168.0.15
> #  netmask 255.255.255.0
> #  broadcast 192.168.0.255
> #  gateway 192.168.0.1
> ##auto ath0
> #iface ath0 inet dhcp
> #  address 192.168.0.15
> #  netmask 255.255.255.0
> #  broadcast 192.168.0.255
> #  gateway 192.168.0.1
> ##auto wlan0
> #iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> #  address 192.168.0.15
> #  netmask 255.255.255.0
> #  broadcast 192.168.0.255
> #  gateway 192.168.0.1
> ## DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE
> 
> 
> ---3- Recycle power (unplug for three minutes)
> ---4- type 
> ---	dhclient
> ---to restart dhcp3-client
> 
> > 
> > From: <bmike101 at cox.net>
> > Date: 2006/04/18 Tue PM 11:54:48 EDT
> > To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > Subject: Re: Re: system update
> > 
> > > It depends on what's wrong.  What does "ifconfig -a" show?  What does "route
> > > -n" show? What are the contents of /etc/resolv.conf?  What kind of internet
> > > connection are you using?
> > > 
> > 
> > bmike1 at 0[Desktop]$ sudo ifconfig -a
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:C7:CA:62:4B
> >           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> >           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >           Interrupt:9 Base address:0xdc00 Memory:df100000-df100038
> > 
> > lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
> >           LOOPBACK  MTU:16436  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> > 
> > bmike1 at 0[Desktop]$ route -n
> > Kernel IP routing table
> > Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> > bmike1 at 0[Desktop]$ more /etc/resolv.conf
> > search ph.cox.net
> > nameserver 68.2.16.25
> > nameserver 68.2.16.30
> > nameserver 68.6.16.30
> > 
> >  So it appears as if the upgrade left my cable modem unwilling or more as unable to do dhcp as after researching it a bit I found that I do not have /sbin/dhclient (the above WAS done from the hard disk os as opposed to the live cd.
> > 
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