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	Nothing really, it's just the one that I'm familiar with.  I would 
assume the syntax would be very similar, and the outcome the same (the 
machine would have an IP).  In the config for that interface (is it 
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ethX on SuSE), is the card setup 
correctly (onboot, dhcp, etc.)?

Dow Hurst wrote:

> What does pump do different from dhclient or dhcpcd?
> Dow
> 
> 
> Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> 
>> I had Adelphia years ago (now, I'm a proud Speedfactory user :-D ), 
>> and had to use pump to get an IP every time I rebooted.  When the box 
>> was booting, and got to my outside nic, it would always fail.  If I 
>> waited until it booted, logged in, and ran pump (I believe the syntax 
>> was pump -i eth0 or something).  I'm not sure if SuSE comes with pump, 
>> but I'm pretty sure that dhcpcd has a similar option.  Hope this helps.
>>
>> Trey Sizemore wrote:
>>
>>> I moved recently and now have an Adelphia cable high-speed connection to
>>> the internet.  I previously had a cable internet connection as well, but
>>> with a different provider.  My linux boxes are set to get their IP and
>>> nameservers via DHCP, but for some reason, I'm unable to do so with the
>>> Adelphia cable connection.  The initial setup of the service was done
>>> (as required) on a Windows machine (my Dell Latitude D600 laptop) and I
>>> can connect (as I am now) via Windows to the internet.  This laptop is a
>>> dual-boot setup and my SUSE 9.1 *can't* seem to get an IP or nameservers
>>> and connect.  The 'ifconfig' command shows the eth0 interface with some
>>> Rx and Tx packets, but no IP address and pinging outside sites like
>>> yahoo.com and linux.com says they can't be found.
>>>
>>> The adelphia tech support says they can't really help, but are sending
>>> someone later today to check the modem (although, again, it works fine
>>> with Windows).  I wanted to see if anyone else on list had experience
>>> with Adelphia or knew of something I might try. Also, I've tried to 
>>> connect with the cable connection and my linux
>>> desktop with the same results (or lack thereof).  These machines were
>>> connecting with the other cable provider as recently as 5 days ago and
>>> I've not changed anything on the machines.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any tips.
>>
>>
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