Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 17:55:50 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Configuring For Internet Access Message-ID: <200405121755.50239.gerard-seibert@rcn.com>
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I am having a problem getting my system properly configured. I have three
computers - 2 are WinXP Pro and one Free BSD. They are connected via a hub
and then to a Net Gear RT311 Gateway Router. This is then connected to a
cable modem. If I run my system with it configured as the files listed below
show, then it seems to works alright. However, that is not the way the router
manual says to do it.
The manual wants th OS to obtain an IP automatically.
The IP address of the PC is between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.31
The subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
The default gateway is 192.168.0.1
If I disable the lines in the dhclient.conf file and reboot, my system will no
longer make an Internet connection. Running nslookup will fail as well.
Neither of my two WinXP boxes exhibits this phenomena. Perhaps someone can
assist me with this . Also, when I access my router, it does not show a host
name, although it does for the other two computers, It lists the IP as
192.168.0.4 as well as it's MAC address. Why is it not displaying a host
name? It should, shouldn't it.
Thanks
Gerard Seibert
gerard-seibert@rcn.com
System Info Below:
root@rcn ~ $ ifconfig -a
rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=8<VLAN_MTU>
inet6 fe80::250:baff:fe40:6de1%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 192.168.0.4 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ether 00:50:ba:40:6d:e1
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX)
status: active
plip0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
root@rcn ~ $ uname -a
FreeBSD rcn.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55
GMT 2004 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
re.config file:
saver="logo"
blanktime="3600"
hostname="rcn.com"
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
linux_enable="YES"root@rcn ~ $ ifconfig -a
lpd_enable="YES"
named_enable="YES"
named_flags="-u bind -g bind"
sendmail_enable="NONE"
sshd_enable="YES"
usbd_enable="YES"
ntpd_enable="YES"
clear_tmp_enabled="YES"
moused_flags="-z 4 5"
moused_port="/dev/ums0"
moused_type="auto"
resolv.conf:
search rcn.com
nameserver 207.172.3.8
nameserver 207.172.3.9
nameserver 192.168.0.1
dhclient.conf:
interface "rl0" {
prepend domain-name-servers 207.172.3.8, 207.172.3.9;
prepend domain-name rcn.com;
}
Runnihng ifconfig -a yields the following:
root@rcn ~ $ ifconfig -a
rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=8<VLAN_MTU>
inet6 fe80::250:baff:fe40:6de1%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 192.168.0.4 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ether 00:50:ba:40:6d:e1
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX)
status: active
plip0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
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