Steven Buehler wrote:
>There's a checkbox on the same window where you set up your network
>configuration via DHCP that indicates whether or not you want the computer
>to update your computer name to match what your ISP assigns you.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Frank Roberts - SOTL
>Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:50 AM
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Have I been hacked !!!
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>On Thursday 25 September 2003 06:11, Maureen L. Thomas wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Maureen L. Thomas wrote:
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>>>>DSL. Usually when I work my two days I unplug the power to the modem.
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>>>>I forgot theses past two days and when I opened up my shell it had at
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>>>>maureen@wbar17 maureen> instead of the usual maureen@localhost
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>>>>maureen> if I disconnect the power from the modem it goes back to the
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>>>My guess is you're running a DHCP client on your system, and it's
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>>>There's probably a way to change this behavior in the DHCP client
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>>>this points you in the right direction though.
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>>Thanks, Your right, I am using DHCP. Guess I'll have to do some more
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>Doesn't changing the DHCP configuration to another configuration cause the
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I didn't have to set up anything. Mandrake has a no config process that
automatically sets up the etho, lo, and it just connects when I hit
connect. It doesn't have an option for computer name. I am sure there
must be one someplace, I'll just have to dig around. It was just
strange because I have been using Verizon DSL since Feb and it just
started doing this.
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