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A few days ago there was a short (VDSL) internet outage in my general |
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area. I found out to my horror that dialup no longer worked (bit rot or |
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whatever) for pppconfig and/or pon. A year ago, I would've taken my |
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notebook to the local library or Starbuck's or fast-food joint; this |
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year, not so much. The connection eventually came back, but this was a |
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wake-up call. |
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I decided to get a low-end cable-internet account as backup. 10/1 is |
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easily sufficient for 1080p Youtube or 720p Netflix (the max for Google |
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Chrome on a PC). I haven't yet received the TC4400 cable modem, but I |
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understand that it only does dhcp. Let's see if I have this right for |
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switching switching my desktop back and forth to/from dhcpd/fixed IP... |
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emerge dhcpcd (one time only) |
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From fixed to dhcpc |
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Step 1) Rename /etc/conf.d/net and execute "touch /etc/conf.d/net" |
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Step 2) Manually start up dhcpcd service |
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Step 3) /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart |
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From dhcpc to fixed |
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Step 1) Restore original /etc/conf.d/net |
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Step 2) Manually kill dhcpcd service |
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Step 3) /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart |
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This could cause problems when I want to transfer files between my |
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computers. Here's part of an example /etc/hosts file... |
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192.168.1.249 i3 |
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192.168.1.250 i660 |
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192.168.1.251 d531 |
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192.168.1.2 thimk |
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If IP addresses are assigned at random, this obviously won't work. |
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Any suggestions? |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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