linux and @home

[dunn]

I wasn't getting any help at the OS forum so I decided to post here

I heard some incompatibility problems with @home and linux, is it true?

If so, how do i fix this problem?

 

[JesusCow]

hmm, i dont see what someones isp has to do with their OS... probably just a myth

 

[Electric Amish]

Shouldn't be. I haven't tried, but it doesn't make much sense.

The only area I can think of that you might have a problem in is the email client.

amish

 

[Bulldog7000]

It is because AT&T usually uses computer name aka. Cxxxxxxa.yourtown.yourstate.home.com This is how the DHCP server authenticates your box. My way of getting it to work with Linux is to see what the IP is in windows that DHCP gives you. Also write down your Default Gateway and DNS servers. THen enter them in static in Linux. That is how I got it to work. I know there is a way to get it to go with DHCP but I do not recall how to set the name of the computer so DHCP authenticates. Simply entering Cxxxxxxa.yourtown.yourstate.home.com into the network setup doesn't always work. Good luck.

BDOG

 

[dunn]

is the installation of linux any different? one of my friend is sweating himself about the installation talking about primary DNS and stuff like that
BTW, he is installing red hat 7.1

 

[dunn]

oops, we posted around the same time.. i didn't read your post first

 

[NaughtyusMaximus]

It doesn't matter. Just set your computer name to your @home username (crxxxxxx), and use DHCP. Or set your IP to static like I've done. Both work fine. They tell you it wont work because if you do something wrong and it really ends up not working, they don't know how to troubleshoot linux.

 

[Sephy]

In Mandrake, I just chose to use DHCP, and picked Cable as connection type...and then for hostname I put my CCxxxxxx-x Bingo!
Mandrake is so easy

 

[MereMortal]

There is a simple fix to get @home and RH7.1 working together. If the name of your computer given to you by @home is c555555-a, then just add the following line to the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file (assuming eth0 is the device you want to connect)

DHCP_HOSTNAME=c555555-a