Re: [nottingham] ntl cable modem

From: Jim the Bad (jimthebad@ntlworld.com)
Date: Sat 13 Oct 2001 - 14:01:07 BST


On Wednesday 03 October 2001 6:21 pm, you wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, RichardN wrote:
> >Heya,

[snip]

> >With the cable modems which come from ntl (mine here is a surfboard from
> >motarola) the modem will just dhcp you a lease with your ip address, so
> >you should be able to use something like dhcpc, dhclient, or pump.
>
> I switched from pump to dhclient, because pump kept dying.
> Everything else has been pretty painless though

just like to add my voice - I use two NICs and DHClient and it worked
straight off, and has done for the last 6 months or so.

I think DHClient is the way to go!

Jim
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