Subject: Re: DHCP, Cable Modem and all that jazzzzz...help
To: Dan McMahill <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
From: Greg Eavns <raisplin@rcn.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/28/1999 12:39:25
on 2/28/99 9:43 AM, Dan McMahill was rumored to have said...
>On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Greg Eavns wrote:
<snip>

>what is "1 way"?

Dan,

1 way means that it is an incoming only cable modem..e.g. I have kickass 
incoming bandwidth, but a mere 28.8 outgoing bandwidth.  it is a "Hybrid" 
(that is the brand) Cable modem.  There is no special software on the Mac 
Side to get the modem to dial out, it just does as needed.


>> So I geuss the question is...where do I go from here?
>should just be able to reboot and have it go.

Nope :/

Here's what I see at startup:

configuring network interfaces.
value 344 exceeds max (255) for precision
Listening on BPF/sn0/08:00:07:c6:14:82/unattatched
Listening on BPF/sn0/08:00:07:c6:14:82/unattatched
Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
DHCPDISCOVER on sn0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 intreval 15
can't connect to sysconf socket: no such file or directory
DHCPDISCOVER on sn0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 intreval 14
No DHCPOFFERS received
Trying recorded lease <null address>
/etc/dhclient-script: 175: Syntax error: end of file unexpected 
(expecting "fi")
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

starting system logger
checking for core dump....
blah
blah 
blah