[Ham-Linux] DSL not working

[KC7ZRU - Tate]

Can you share a bit more about what you're doing? Who your provider is?
What kind of IP assignment you have? How are you supposed to connect?
Login maybe? I can make a few assumptions (info for that below), but not
sure if it'll fix things for you or not.

In any case - here's something that can help RH get to working with a
'dynamic, DHCP' connection. This information was originally written for
the old @home system, but also applies to the new attbi cable system. If
your DSL provider is using anything similar, having to have an assigned
system name, this may help - may not:

(also, check the message at the bottom of your post - time to change
your message format <g>)
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RedHat supports both "pump" and "dhcpcd."  During system startup the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup script first tries to use "pump" to
configure the interface and, if that fails, then "dhcpcd" is tried.  The
ifup script reads an ifcfg-XXXX script for each interface (network card)
it configures.  Each ifcfg-XXXX contains various settings for the
adapter it supports like whether DHCP should be used to configure the
adapter, and so on.  One of the settings that can be in that file is a
line that says:

DHCP_HOSTNAME="cXXXXX-a"

That's how you make the client hostname "stick" in RedHat.

The ifcfg-XXXX file is in the same directory as the ifup script.  The
exact name of the ifcfg-XXXX config file will depend on what type of
network adapter you are using and how many of those you have installed. 
For users who are using a single ethernet card in their systems (which
covers most of the population likely to ask this question I think) the
file you need to add this line to will most likely be named
"ifcfg-eth0."  The rest of you with more complex hardware configurations
should be able to figure out the appropriate file name for yourselves. 
If not, members of the Nerd Certification Advisory Board will be by
shortly to confiscate your hardware. 

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For RH it's even easier. Just take your hostname given to you by @home
and 
park it in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whatever
interface 
your cable modem is attached to) like example....

DHCP_HOSTNAME="cn999999-a"

The normal if-up scripts will read this and set the -h parameter.

Always better to modify config files than scripts so this stuff doesn't
get 
lost during upgrades....

You can set your real hostname to anything you want. 


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73 and good luck!

Tate

"Johnny (KM5IM)" wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have installed RedHat 8.0 but my DSL is not working
> What do I need to do to get My DSL up and running.
> 
> Johnny
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