[Leaplist] Brighthouse cable hook up

[patrick]

John Simpson wrote:
> On 2007-07-23, at 2112, patrick wrote:
>> Danny W. Burdick wrote:
>>>
>>> "Ifconfig" gives you back a valid ip for eth0 ?
>>
>> Yes, it brings back, (relayed to me tonight, via telephone from Dianna:
>>
>>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>>>           inet addr:169.254.119.15  Bcast:169.254.0.0  Mask:255.255.0.0
> 
> most linux distros will automatically assign a 169.254.x.x address to an
> interface if it can't get an IP address through any other means.
> 
> there was a comment about 169.254.x.x being a "microsoft thing". this is
> not the case- usage of 169.254.x.x addresses is defined in RFC 3330. the
> only reason it became associated with microsoft is that nobody else had
> really implemented it on any reasonable scale until microsoft did- and
> that's because most non-windoze machines were being built as servers and
> therefore always needed static IP addresses.
> 
> the idea behind it is that if there is no DHCP server on a given network
> segment, the driver will choose a 169.254.x.x address at random, send
> out a "ping" to see if anybody else answers for that address, and if
> not, it will start using that address. most people had never seen this
> until it was implemented in windoze, so in many peoples' minds this is a
> windoze thing.
> 
> so what this tells me is that there is no DHCP server available to give
> this linux machine an IP address.
> 
> is there a router between the cable modem and the computer? if so, check
> the settings on that router to make sure it's running a DHCP server. if
> not, i'm sure you know where to get a copy of ipcop...
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Thanks for the response.

This is a computer hooked directly to the Bright House modem.

It worked great two weeks ago at the installfest, where I installed a
15Gb drive, and put Mepis on it.

Hoping ot get over there when they get home tonight after 7pm.
Depending on outside circumstances.

Then, I will report back.