From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 11 3:30:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5737D37B400 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:30:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zapper.org (gso26-96-004.triad.rr.com [66.26.96.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A804D43E65 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:30:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zapper@zapper.org) Received: from zapper.org (zapper@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zapper.org (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g8BAUPTq007474; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:30:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from zapper@zapper.org) Received: (from zapper@localhost) by zapper.org (8.12.6/8.12.3/Submit) id g8BAUOv7007473; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:30:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200209111030.g8BAUOv7007473@zapper.org> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:30:24 -0400 From: Daemon To: "Cameron Haegle" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble with DHCP client In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Ircee.Com X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.2claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Check to make sure you have ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" in your /etc/rc.conf Regards Mark On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:08:18 -0500 "Cameron Haegle" wrote: > So I am attempting to bring my FreeBSD router back online with my cable > modem and the Ethernet device simply fails to obtain an address. > > I have installed 4.6.2 and the NIC is a 3COM supported by the xl0 device > driver. This same NIC had worked about one year ago, in the same system, > until I lost the hard drive. > > The network at work also supports DHCP, so I brought the system in and > connected it. Lo and behold it successfully got an address and worked, > without any help from me. > > At home again whenever I attempt to execute 'dhclient xl0' all I receive is > the help screen. What am I doing wrong here? > > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > Cameron > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- The FoxSurfer Group Admin FoxSurfer.Com FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message