Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:38:04 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: "Brian H" <b1henning@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhcp Message-ID: <200401271138.04071.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <LAW12-F146Tvijhtq9B000393f7@hotmail.com> References: <LAW12-F146Tvijhtq9B000393f7@hotmail.com>
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On Tuesday 27 January 2004 10:50 am, Brian H wrote: > From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> > > > >On Tuesday 27 January 2004 09:48 am, Brian H wrote: > > > Greetings: > > > > > > I am trying to get dhclient to work on my laptop, but after a reboot > > > >there > > > > > is an entry in the /var/db/dhclient.leases and ifconfig produces > > > 0.0.0.0 for inet. > > > I took a look at /var/log/messages and there was nothing in there about > > > dhclient or DHCP. > > > > > > any thoughts? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > brian > > > > > > > > > > > > rc.conf > > > pccard_enable="YES" > > > ifconfig_ep0="DHCP" > > > > > > > > > ifconfig -a > > > inet = 0.0.0.0 > > > >Have you checked to ensure that the pcmcia card has been detected > > properly? Have you tried configuring your card for DHCP using > > /stand/sysinstall. > > > >Best of luck, > > > >Andrew Gould > > The PCMCIA Card is detected ep0 and a mac address is written to the screen. > I did try /stand/sysinstall as well, but it doesn't seem to contact the > dhcp server. Have you tried a static ip to test everything except dhcp? (Check the cable, ping the server, etc?) Andrew Gould
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