Pump does not start-up dhcp client with hostname parameter. Since pump but not dhcpcd is loaded by a default Red Hat installation, it is very difficult for the novice linux user to configure Red Hat 6.1 with cable modem connected to @home network. With the default installation eth0 always FAILED during bootup after waiting for an enormously long time-out period. I had to remove pump and install a simple shell script to get my dhcp working the @home network using dhcpcd. I also had to perform an ifconfig with a unique netmask assignment. Here is the shell script I used: #!/bin/sh ifconfig eth0 <hostname> netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 24.5.5.255 up /sbin/dhcpcd -h <hostname> & I called this file mydhcp and I created the following link: ln -s /sbin/mydhcp /sbin/pump The 24.x.x.x network defaults to a 255.0.0.0 netmask. And @home requires a "hostname" to access the network. Of course, San Diego's cox@home "doesn't "support" linux configurations. This was reported to Red Hat support as Reference #: 991015-0068, but was referred to submit this bug report. The last support mail I received said this: "Good afternoon, My name is Marty and I am a Level 2 technician. I did some looking and asking concerning pump's behavior, and I haven't found any known issues that fit this situation. I urge you to please open a bug report describing the initial problem and the workaround so that our developers (who wrote pump) can address the issue. I apologize that we cannot find a better solution. This may be an isolated case, since there are no existing bug reports, but it certainly doesn't mean you're the only one with the problem. I am closing this incident. Thank you, Marty" So here is the bug report. I hope you are able to develop a better fix for pump rather just disabling it. I noticed that even in the mini-DHCP HOW-TO pump is not used for dhcp client either. Does it have to be this way? If you do an Internet search on (@home, dhcp, and linux) you will find a lot of cable modem users are having problems with pump. Good luck, and let me know how it turns out. Thanks! (If you do not have access to the Red Hat incident report just e-mail me and I will be happy to forward the transcript of our entire incident report). Best Regards, Doug Craig UNIX System Administrator dlcraig
I have this exact same problem with MediaOne/RoadRunner cable internet, and with some of the DHCP servers at Boston University. It's definitely not an isolated case.
could you test this with pump-0.7.6? I think I have all the hostname stuff worked out now, and the new release seems to have helped many folks. ftp://people.redhat.com/ewt/pump0.7.6/ If this doesn't fix the problem, please reopen this bug.