Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:49:54 +0200 From: Marian Hettwer <Mh@kernel32.de> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: Malte Dreschert <Draetsch@gmx.de> Subject: Re: no internet connection Message-ID: <407E9302.8070207@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <407E86EA.4010805@centtech.com> References: <23877.1082030346@www50.gmx.net> <407E8005.8010403@kernel32.de> <407E86EA.4010805@centtech.com>
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Eric Anderson wrote: > Marian Hettwer wrote: > >>> The installation went fine except for the network. I have a normal >>> network >>> card and a netgear dsl router, which is connected to the internet. I >>> could >>> configure the network using dhcp but I have no connection to the >>> internet. >>> Can someone point me in the right direction where to search for the >>> solution? >> >> >> hm... I believe some more information are needed. >> Please provide us with the following output: >> >> ifconfig -a >> uname -a >> dmesg >> >> I have no clue which Network Card you are using, and therefor which >> network card is configured for dhcp. I would guess that FreeBSD >> doesnīt know your NIC. So letīs fix this ;) > > > Actually, I think it's most likely because he needs PPPoE. > This might help: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html > hm, to me it sounds like he is using a Netgear DSL Router, which means, this box is already connected to the internet, and gives the information to its clients via dhcp. So I thought his Network Card in his FreeBSD is connected to the router and receives the information via dhcp ... If the "Netgear DSL Router" is actually a DSL Modem, which is directly connected to the FreeBSD Machine, then you are right - he needs PPPoE :) regards, Marian
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