Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 08:34:58 -0400 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: <michaelfenwick@comcast.net> Cc: "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: help 'Can't assign the requested address' Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEHGCEAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <NGBBLCIHCLNJAIGIFFHJIEACCHAA.aburke@nullplusone.com>
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Your post has centered around configuring FBSD as the problem. You have not provided any information about your @home background. How do you know @home is working to begin with? Your @home modem may not even be working on the @home network. Connect @home to an windows pc as an alternate way of verifying @home is working. If @home is not working there is nothing you can do to FBSD to get it to work. Call your @home service dept and ask them to ping you modem. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Aaron Burke Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:15 AM To: michaelfenwick@comcast.net Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: RE: help 'Can't assign the requested address' Response and few things before posting to the list. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 05:53 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: help 'Can't assign the requested address' > > Hi, > > I've got a network problem thats driving me crazy. I'm pretty new > to FreeBSD (UNIX in general), so I need the simple explanation. > > Here it is: > > 1. A friend of mine gave me a FreeBSD 4.4 Stable box that he setup > at work. It was setup and worked correctly connected to a static > IP address. The lines that make a difference are also in /etc/rc.conf . For my primary unix box labeled "alpha" I have the following. ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > 2. I am now trying to connect this box to my comcast @Home DHCP > account. For the past 4 days I have scoured the internet and read > specific instructions on DHCP and static IP setup. Ok, this is fine, this makes the line as follows. ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" Instead of specifying the IP address. > > 3. At boot time, the box hangs for a moment with the message: > > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign the requested address > > I get this message no matter if the NIC is connected to the network > cable or not. If I kill dhclient and restart it, i get the same > message. I always get this message.........arrr I get a similar error, I dont know why it shows up, but it has not affecting any of my settings. I just ignore it. (I know, shame on me.) > Here is my ifconfig: > > rl0: flags=8843<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet6 fe80::204:e2ff:fe0b:4749%rl0 prefixlen64 scopeid 0x1 > inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 > ether 00:04:e2:0b:47:49 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > > rl0: flags=8802<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > ether 00:04:e2:0b:47:3f > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > status: no carrier Instant problem when it states "status: no carrier", however, you also post the status with the line connected. <snip> > > Here is /etc/rc.conf > > network_interfaces="auto" > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" > ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" > hostname="ci5XXXX-a"; #my comcast account name These are all fine, however the hostname is the DNS name of the box. The status of this line will make no difference to us or anyone else. The hostname on my primary box is just "alpha.jupiter.sol". It belongs to a fake domain that I have set up on my internal network. This should have nothing to do with your connection. However, you will want to make sure that only one box on your network has the same hostname. Only what appears before the first . is important. > > The only real changes I have made are following the instructions > on how to setup a DHCP client, specificly for @home. However, no > matter what changes I make to /etc/rc.conf or /etc/dhclient.conf, > I still get the same message: ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't > assign the requested address. All of my searches on the net for > similar problems have been futile. > > My only guess is that somewhere there may be a conf file making > the box look for its old static IP. This would show up as an entry in /etc/rc.conf. If there are multiple copies of ifconfig_rl0="something here" comment out the ones that you dont want to use. > > Any help would be great. Thats what were here for. > > Thanks > > Mike And a quick not on the rules of this list: 1: Send questions in Plain text only. Do not send as rich text or HTML. 2: Try to break the lines at about 70 characters. Several people will read these messages on an 80 column terminal. It makes it way easier to read. 3: If you respond to someone else, and they have not been thoughtfull enough, or informed about the 70 column rule, try to break up the message at 70 chars. 4: If you can not find a polite way of replying to someone, then dont reply. 5: Some mail clients such as Microsoft Outlook do not auto-reply to the list, make sure your outgoing mails are cc'd to questions@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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