Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 20:20:51 -0700 (PDT) From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@speakeasy.org> To: Otter <otterr@telocity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just got my DSL today...AARGH!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004192012070.472-100000@mammalia.sea> In-Reply-To: <002201bfaa75$7a80a510$555be3d8@telocity.com>
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Otter wrote: > something else that may help: > my isp provides me a static ip, yet if i try to config it as static, it > doesn't work. i have to set it up as DHCP and it works like a champ, giving > me the same ip every time. one of their employees explained it's operation > to me once. it just didn't make sense to me WHY they do it that way. try > setting your nic in rc.conf to "DHCP" instead of inet xxx.xxx.. netmask > xxx.xxx...." it's worth a shot. You're lucky your ISP's employees are capable of explaining something like that. What I got when I asked for help was: "You bet I can help you. You're running windows, right?" "No" "Mac?" "FreeBSD" "FreeB...wh.." "Unix" "Would you hold for a minute?................................................ ............................................................................. ............................................................................. ......................I'm sorry, we don't support Unix. But if you go to linux.blahblah.com, there's all kinds of information to help you get set up" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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