From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 16:53:50 2004 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 8056316A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:53:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao09.cox.net (lakermmtao09.cox.net [68.230.240.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E07FE43D2F for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:53:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bagus@cox.net) Received: from bagus ([24.252.103.174]) by lakermmtao09.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with SMTP id <20041222165343.QEKJ1713.lakermmtao09.cox.net@bagus>; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:53:43 -0500 From: "Bagus" To: "Joshua Lokken" Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:00:32 -0600 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 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: how to get it online 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: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:53:50 -0000 Thanks, > > > Hi, > > > > I hope this mailing list can help. I just installed freebsd 5.3-Release onto > > a new hard drive and I can't seem to get it online with my dhcp cable modem > > thru a linksys hub. Later it will be moving to a static ip, so any help with > > that transition now would be helpful too, but for now I have the machine at > > home and need to install software on it. > > > > If I give a > > >ifconfig > > fxp0: flags =8802 mtu 1500 > > options =8 > > ether 00:a0:c9:e6:11:b1 > > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > > status:active > > there's plip0 and lo0 as well... > > > > >ping freebsd.org > > ping: cannot resolve freebsd.org: Host name lookup failure. > Hostname lookup failure sounds like a dns problem to me. > Is there anything in /etc/resolv.conf ? No, there is not even a /etc/resolve.conf. What should go in there? >How is fxp0 assigned an IP? DHCP? I think so. That's the way it should be. > If so, do you have a line like the following in /etc/rc.conf: > ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" That line was not in there. I added it and rebooted. The boot process now started the dhcp client, but still no actual ip address is reported in the ifconfig. > > How did you setup the Linksys? Default (out-of-the-box) settings? plugged it in, plugged cable modem into uplink, plugged this pc into one outlet, the freebsd box into another. PC works fine. Lights indicate connectivity to bsd box. > Is the DHCP server turned on at the router? What does the status > page of the router settings show? > That's supposed to be http://192.168.1.1, isn't it? I can't access that even from my pc. Any advice there would be helpful. BTW, I'm using Cox as a ISP. > The FreeBSD Handbook is a great reference: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Yes... there's more information there than I saw on first perusal. Thanks, but I'm not out of the woods yet. Bagus > > -- > Joshua Lokken > Open Source Advocate