From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 06:27:54 2003 Return-Path: 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 AA3BD16A4BF for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 06:27:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53DCB43F3F for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 06:27:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from colin_ryan@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from vivaldi ([82.40.67.14]) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:27:52 +0100 From: "Colin Ryan" To: Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:32:19 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Sep 2003 13:27:52.0165 (UTC) FILETIME=[80576950:01C37868] Subject: FreeBSD's refusal to connect to the internet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:27:54 -0000 I have a small network of three computers in my office here. Two Windows 2000, and one FreeBSD 5.1. It's the BSD box that's giving me problems. My computers are connected to my modem via an ethernet switch. My modem is set up as a DHCP server, and my computers are DHCP enabled. When the input cable is disconnected from the modem (not the power, so it's still assigning IP addresses to my LAN) my BSD box picks up a valid internal IP address and subnet mask, it can ping and be pinged from all other computers on the LAN. However, when the input cable is connected to my modem, so it's connected to the internet, my BSD box receives nothing. When I do an ifconfig, it shows NO IP address and NO subnet mask. I tried "dhclient rl0" which didn't work, so I checked /var/log/messages and was told "dhcp cannot bind to address; address already in use." I then tried manually assigning an IP and subnet mask, which didn't work either. Getting FreeBSD online has been nothing but an ordeal, and I am about ready to throw in the towel. If anyone has any ideas, I would be very grateful indeed. Many thanks Colin