Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:50:31 +0100 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: worth mentioning: making DHCP run on startup Message-ID: <423A09B7.4030704@pobox.sk>
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hello,
i had this problem when sysinstall(8) configured my network interface
for DHCP (in /etc/rc.conf) but DHCP failed to initialise properly on
(each) startup. long time afterwards only i found out simple solution to
this - using "ifconfig {if} up" in /etc/start_if.{if}
i guess this is not uncommon problem, therefore i would suggest it to be
mentioned in the handbook. it might save beginners many hours and nerves
spent on this issue.
regards,
martin
ps: attached is the email i wanted to post to a newsgroup at that time
but didn't eventually.
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Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:25:42 +0100
From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk>
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Rebel wrote:
> I can't get dhclient working. I've found info. on early version of
> FreeBSD, but nothing close or preferable 5.3 I have the 5.3 manual. I
> simply have one computer to connect to my ISP using DHCP. Good thing
> Linux is working. Please help!
hello,
i have similar problem on my 5.3-R.
i've put (or initially sysinstall did) DHCP into rc.conf but it fails on
every boot - my NIC gets configured with IP 0.0.0.0 and i'm getting
kernel error messages from ARP.
then i usually try "dhclient -r sk0" which fails. so i try "dhclient -1
sk0" which happens to configure my machine successfully.
nevertheless the same/similar story goes on on each boot.
could anyone point me into right direction pls?
cheers,
martin
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