I know the Morris campus of the University of Minnesota has every MAC Address of every ethernet card there. If they dont know your MAC you dont get access. "Cook, Justin S." wrote: > [snip] > You should install this package if you are on a network which uses BOOTP or > DHCP. > [/snip] > > I tried pump to, as well as just bootp to no avail. > > [snip] > Is winona state using MS DHCP server or the ISP server? > [/snip] > > this is a good question...but i believe Winona runs it's own DHCP server. > Which i would now put money on it an NT box. > > [snip] > Does you school require you to register or any > other BS like that, not realizing that the computer world isn't all mac and > windows? > [/snip] > > I don't *believe* so. I'd ask tech support, but they barley handle windows > problems, I'm going to see if I can't email the main tech, or see if I can > find someone else using a *nix variant, tho after searching upon searching, > I found no one. > > damn i miss bitchx > > --justin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chuck Milam <chuck at milams.net> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 9:50 AM > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21536] dhcpcd > > > > > On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Cook, Justin S. wrote: > > > > > I'm having a small problem. My school(Winona State) is running their > > > network with DHCP. Now, I log on to my linux laptop, do a good ole > > > 'dhcpcd -d &' and eth0 comes up, i'm happy, until i find there is not > > > inet address set... > > > > Take a look at pump. I've found it to be a bit more cooperative than > > dhcpcd. > > > > Now, I realize not everyone runs Red Hat, but it does come with the later > > distributions: > > > > # rpm -qi pump > > Name : pump Relocations: (not relocateable) > > Version : 0.7.8 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. > > Release : 1 Build Date: Tue 15 Feb 2000 > > 04:12:40 PM EST > > Install date: Mon 24 Jul 2000 02:37:04 PM EDT Build > > Host: porky.devel.redhat.com > > Group : System Environment/Daemons Source > > RPM: pump-0.7.8-1.src.rpm > > Size : 83582 License: MIT > > Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> > > Summary : A Bootp and DHCP client for automatic IP configuration. > > Description : > > DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) and BOOTP (Boot Protocol) > > are protocols which allow individual devices on an IP network to get > > their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, > > broadcast address, etc.) from network servers. The overall purpose of > > DHCP and BOOTP is to make it easier to administer a large network. > > > > Pump is a combined BOOTP and DHCP client daemon, which allows your > > machine to retrieve configuration information from a server. You > > should install this package if you are on a network which uses BOOTP > > or DHCP. > > > > -- > > Chuck Milam > > chuck at milams.net > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org