RE: eth0 vanishing

i opened 67 and 68. i still see in my logs that udp packets on thse ports are
being blocked.

also, i found my dhcpcd-eth0.info file. it has incorrect info! it has the wrong
ip address. who is doing this? pump? the last time my net went down, i tried
ifdown/ifup. then, ifconfig. the ipaddress i got was the ip that i now see in
dhcpcd-eth0.info. it is a "martian", apparently. i ended up having to reboot.

if i want to get rid of "pump", i just remove the rpm? then my system will
auto-configure for dhcpcd? do i need to install dhcpcd?

i am tail -f ing my /var/log/messages. i see a bunch of messages with
"MAC=00:30:28:..." is that my cable modem?these are packets on port 123.

zzz...

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