>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Lesage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all. I'm trying to install Potato to what will become my
> ipchains server. I had previously installed Slink on this
> computer, but managed to completely mangle my installation when
> my old ISP switched to PPPOE. My new provider (Videotron) uses
> DHCP for their cable modems, and I can get an address just fine
> in Windows on a different computer.
Let me guess, you were on Sympatico HSE. :) You can get pppoe to
work. I've done it. Had to. Can't get cable where I am.
> On my Potato box, different story. My Ethernet card seems to
> work (3Com 3c509b, shows up in ifconfig), but it does not get an
> IP address assigned on boot. Running :
> pump -i eth0 -R
> gets me an "Operation failed" error message, and no IP address.
> Is there anything else I need to configure? I'd read the man
> page, but since the installation has not completed, man does not
> work yet.
> I'm thinking of yanking out pump, and replacing it with dhcpcd.
I always used dhcpcd, and never had a problem, as long as you had a
new enough version of it.
Marshal
> Any thoughts/ideas?
> Thanks, Dan
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