Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:57:26 -0400 From: culverk@yumyumyum.org To: Colin Ryan <colin_ryan@blueyonder.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's refusal to connect to the internet Message-ID: <1063288646.d9c60854f49fb@mailhub.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <CMEPLHCLNHKJPNAMCFJNGEBKCBAA.colin_ryan@blueyonder.co.uk> References: <CMEPLHCLNHKJPNAMCFJNGEBKCBAA.colin_ryan@blueyonder.co.uk>
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Quoting Colin Ryan <colin_ryan@blueyonder.co.uk>: > 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. > It shouldn't be that hard. In rc.conf, ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" should be all it takes. I'm assuming you already have that though, so on to the next thing... Could you do this: killall dhclient (wait a few seconds) then dhclient -v rl0 then cut 'n paste the results. Ken
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