[UFO Chicago] Re: make linux connect to the evil attbi

[Jack Beglinger]

Got an old pc?  Download IPCOP - configure for DHCP. Done.

IPCOP is linux distro setup as a firewall out of the box.

I been run it for over 8 months now.  No problems.  Run the precursor 
Smoothwall for over a year. 

jackb


PS: your IP is fixed with attbi.  They DHCP to makes it easy for them.  So 
you can hard code it. 

PSS: the surfboard modem will allow for 7 different macs, so not an issue - if 
you overload it then unplug and wait 5 minutes.
 
> 
> > If you leave your computer on all the time you can set it up
> > statically.  If you turn if off for a long period of time I think
> > it is possible for someone else to snag your ip.  There was
> > statement on ATT's home page saying that other operating systems
> > other than win98 can set up their ip statically. I don't remeber
> > the exact words.  It was not very helpful.
> 
> I've seen ATTBI's "help" page. Not useful at all
> 
> I am going to try one more thing with DHCP first: What would happen if I
> told linux that the MAC address for eth0 was identical with the MAC of cable
> modem?  Would that fool the DHCP server into responding to eth0 with IP info
> instead of/in addition to the modem?
> 
> 
> >
> > First did you look at the dhcp how-to at tldp.org?
> > It mentions something about RedHat or other distros not
> > automatically creating a /etc/dhcp/resolv.conf or
> > /etc/resolve.conf.  You may be able to set that up manually.  I
> > would back the file up if you do.
> 
> yeah, I've looked at tldp.  Any competence I may have inadvertently
> displayed is due entirely to that project.
> 
> 
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