From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 01:01:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8E0B106566B for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 01:01:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A45C8FC0A for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 01:01:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7871B5C22 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 11:15:14 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F77A8F2.9020202@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:01:38 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F7798D0.7000404@a1poweruser.com> <4F77A360.9080601@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F77A6CA.50406@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4F77A6CA.50406@a1poweruser.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Access to Time Warner cable network X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:01:42 -0000 On 04/01/12 10:52, Fbsd8 wrote: > Da Rock wrote: >> On 04/01/12 09:52, Fbsd8 wrote: >>> Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable >>> system. >>> Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their dhcp server >>> has an ip address of 10.2.0.1 which is not public routable. I know >>> my Freebsd 8.2 box functions because it worked fine under att >>> service which I just left for Time Warner service. MY xp laptop >>> works fine with time warner. I can see that during the connection >>> hand shake they first issue ip addresses 192.168.x.x then end up >>> with real public routable ip address for dns and my ip address. Just >>> the dhcp ip is 10.2.0.1. XP seems to handle this connection hand >>> shake ok. >>> >>> Does any one have any suggestions on how to get Freebsd 8.2 working >>> under TW? >> >> Have you got a firewall or something else blocking dhcp from >> communicating? What does ifconfig say? >> >> > No firewall running and NIC status is "no carrier" Actually I asked what the output of ifconfig was, but it looks like your cable is not connected (or wifi- hard to tell without output. It preempts many questions). Try `ifconfig up`, check the cable, etc. FreeBSD should be responding just like Winblows here, but your network isn't connected for whatever reason that will probably be clearer when we know what ifconfig looks like. Hence dhcp will not work in these circumstances, at least until you connect your network... :)