Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 18:38:49 -0600 (CST) From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: Elonzo Taylor <et-9851@home.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A @home problem Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0003251829590.32258-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <001001bf96b1$edb4f360$0100000a@vista1.sdca.home.com>
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote:
# @Home's DHCP server only works if it can verify that your NETBIOS name is
# your account name, like mine is cx440370-a. If my netbios name wasn't
# cx443070-a on my windows box, I wouldn't be able to use DHCP (I'd have to
# put the information in manually). Since FreeBSD doesn't have NETBIOS names
# built into it, I don't believe you can use DHCP with @Home with FreeBSD.
Yes you can. You just have to know the secret incantation. :)
I have successfully run DHCP with an @Home account on FreeBSD
by putting the following in /etc/dhclient.conf.
interface "dc0" {
send host-name "xx123456-a";
}
Of course you'll need to use the correct device name for the
card you have connected to the cable modem and change the
host-name to your real NETBIOS name. Other than that you
setup DHCP just like you normally would.
HTH.
-steve
# Instead just enter your information manually in /stand/sysinstall. If you
# need certain information you don't have, here's some help:
#
# Your gateway would be your IP address, except the last number (octet) would
# be 1.
# An @Home DNS server is 24.5.247.17
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