From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 17 02:46:11 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 C2B8016A4B3 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 02:46:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A042343F3F for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 02:46:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h9H9l2HR020970; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:47:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id h9H9l2qP020969; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:47:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) X-Authentication-Warning: ei.bzerk.org: bulk set sender to mail25@bzerk.org using -f Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:47:02 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: general@dubparts.com Message-ID: <20031017094702.GA20915@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , general@dubparts.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <6.0.0.22.2.20031017021922.01bb22c8@192.168.123.100> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031017021922.01bb22c8@192.168.123.100> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient getting infinite IPs? 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: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:46:11 -0000 On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:20:12AM -0700, general@dubparts.com typed: > I have a Belkin 802.11g router (model F5D-7230-4) and my freebsd 4.7 server > connected to it. Everything was working fine, but I moved and changed > ISPs. I'm not aware of anything that has changed in the configuration on > the server since I moved. > > I have the router setup for DHCP and I'm having a heck of a time getting my > server to obtain an IP "properly". > > In /etc/rc.conf there is: > > ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" > > When I try: > > /sbin/dhclient fxp0 > > it gets an actual IP address, but it keeps getting multiple IPs from the > router over and over again. It tells me each IP address, subnet, gateway, > etc as it gets them, but if I let it go on, it will keep getting them > forever. (e.g it obtains 192.168.1.3, 192.168.1.4, and so on). > > Looking at the DHCP client list on the router, shows indeed that these IPs > have been assigned, but mysteriously the MAC addresses are all listed as > "00:00:00:00:00:00". > > After this infinite IP obtaining goes on for awhile, I do a hard break > (CTRL+C) to end it. I do an "ifconfig" and it shows that is either has the > first IP it obtained or the last one (it varies over the times I've > repeated this). However, it really is not connected to the network at all, > and i can't do anythign with the server. > > I tried a google search on this without any luck.... anyone have any advice > or tips? What's the output of ifconfig fxp0 ? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"