From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 12 19:28:35 2002 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 0992537B400 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:28:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4429043E4A for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:28:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198]) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8D2SVLu052729 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:28:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g8D2SVBM052726; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:28:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble with DHCP client References: <00d501c259ff$3eeae830$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 12 Sep 2002 22:28:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <00d501c259ff$3eeae830$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> Message-ID: <441y7yr5bl.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Matthew Emmerton" writes: > > Well, I do appreciate all of the responses I received regarding my > > systems inability to successfully get dhclient to obtain an > > address from my cable provider. > > > > I have tried everyone's suggestions, but I still have not gotten > > my system connected to the Internet. > > > > One thing I just now realized is that dhclient is outputting to > > /var/log/messages, big DUH! The message I am getting is "Can't > > bind to dhcp address. Address already in use." I am presently > > searching on any and all search engines for clues as to what this > > may mean, but I have not found anything as of yet. > > This means that a DHCP client program is already running on your system. Do > a 'ps -ax | grep dh' to see if dhclient is already running. If it is, then > kill it and start dhclient manually. I think it's more likely to mean that another host on the network is using the address that DHCP assigned to the machine in question. [dhclient tries to ping the address before starting to use it, and will refuse to use it if a response comes back] I tend to think that such a problem will have to be solved by the service provider, although some DHCP servers will give you a different address if you provide a different client identifier. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message