owl-users - Re: dhcp client

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Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 08:57:11 -0600
From: "Steve Bremer" <steveb@...coinc.com>
To: <owl-users@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: dhcp client

Hi,

>Don't know of any, can't make any recommendations personally.

Here is a pretty popular pppoe client:

http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/rp-pppoe/index.php

>One other tip I will give ; make your dhcp client exit after
obtaining
>a lease ; otherwise it may be possible to send bad data to your
client
>and make it crash or worse...

We have a problem where one of our ISPs requires us to make a DHCP
request every 6 hours or they cut off our connection.  Even though we
pay for a "business class" connection and static IP, we have to make a
DHCP request at regular intervals or their firewall blocks our traffic.
:-(  It's a terrible setup, but it's the only broadband provider in the
area.

Steve Bremer
NEBCO, Inc.
System & Security Administrator