Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:20:18 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Brandon Young <bkyoung@falcon.cc.ukans.edu> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: configuring DHCP in FreeBSD 3.4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001301019360.36820-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <000801bf6a92$dee9d8a0$bd297c18@compaq>
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Did you add a default route to the cable modem/ethernet device like this: route -add default -interface device0 Replace device0 with the actual name of your Ethernet interface... Omachonu Ogali Intranova Networking Group On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Brandon Young wrote: > Help! > > BACKGROUND: I had a dual boot machine running Win98 & RedHat Linux. I was introduced to linux 9 months ago. I tried several other distros...didn't like them. I tried OpenBSD - loved it...only, not enough software ported. So, I tried FreeBSD 3.4. > > PROBLEM: Network. I have a cable modem, and am using a 3C905B ethernet adapter. Everything works fine in Win98 (and worked fine in RedHat). I use DHCP. The exact problem is that in FreeBSD, I can not ping anything outside the Cable Co.'s LAN (i.e. I can ping the Name Server, the Gateway, The DHCP server, etc; but not, say, 129.237.125.112 [an ip # of a computer I happen to know out on the internet], or www.yahoo.com .). I should also point out that I don't have any idea how to configure a network card in FreeBSD. > > QUESTIONS: can someone please give me very precise instructions on how to configure DHCP & what things to check in troubleshooting? Is it easier to configure during install (It didn't work for me; so I'm locked into using /stand/sysinstall...Configure...Network...Network Interfaces...'no' to 'assume network already configured'...'yes' to 'try configuring with DHCP')?Direct me to some informative man pages/HOWTO's/tutorials...? I am not afraid to edit a config file by hand...just don't know what file to edit, or what to put in it. > > Brandon Young > bkyoung@sunflower.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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