[TriLUG] help setting up Nextel BPL modem under Linux

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

>On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Aaron S. Joyner wrote:
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>>I think.  :)  Let us know how it works out.
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>did you find out what your dhcp client was? Is is from isc?
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>thanks JOe
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My DHCP client is the Darwin DHCP client - in short, I have no idea what 
it was based on, but I don't believe it's the same as any thing you can 
install and use in a standard Linux distribution.  I'd suspect it's 
based on the dhcp client from FreeBSD 4.4 - but that's just a guess.  It 
may be entirely new for all I know.  I did some digging around on the 
PowerBook to see, but even then I was unable to find any documentation 
for it, not to mention version info.  I can't even figure out how to 
start it directly...

I would suggest applying the route command as you mentioned in  your 
previous email as part of the DHCP ifup style script (implementations 
vary depending on your dhcp server) - so that it's executed every time 
that connection comes up.  That's probably your best bet, that I'm aware of.

Aaron S. Joyner