From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 11 4:41: 2 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 8182C37B400 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 04:40:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0017643E42 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 04:40:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chaegle@attbi.com) Received: from toadstool ([24.245.39.15]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020911114056.RFTW6225.sccrmhc02.attbi.com@toadstool>; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:40:56 +0000 From: "Cameron Haegle" To: "Daemon" Cc: Subject: RE: Trouble with DHCP client Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:40:45 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200209111030.g8BAUOv7007473@zapper.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 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 Thanks for the response. I do have this line in my rc.conf. Pardon me asking this potentially stupid question, but is there a possibility that my cable provider (AT&T Broadband) is preventing my system from negotiating the DHCP request? Cam -----Original Message----- From: Daemon [mailto:daemon@ircee.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:30 AM To: Cameron Haegle Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble with DHCP client 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