From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 19:48:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 0889016A427 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:48:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pietro.cerutti@gmail.com) Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B86243D55 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:48:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pietro.cerutti@gmail.com) Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id p77so152796nfc for ; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:48:37 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=p14LfX1x+ztT9U3vZ1cp2LLzDd5SZU7cm3oOMiUV+sUA6CI8AUZ8VM3YG4SgPT1yTxQ3eMvImpoKSMXsQgXuAYf2MamVkMGlpWKp+9L5AJRcRm8/mGnGdDgnf+0HOFNVbHTzYUO+4ZdIMIo6xqBVXveeDRJtLc/HPm87MaodWwE= Received: by 10.48.244.17 with SMTP id r17mr59697nfh; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:48:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.49.30.6 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:48:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:48:37 +0100 From: "Pietro Cerutti" To: FreeBSD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: DHCP not working X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:48:42 -0000 Hi List, I can't get a DHCP lease from my cable modem, here are the details: - The PC is a P4 500 MHz running 6.0-RELEASE just installed, GENERIC. - I tried with three different NICs, without result: -> a 3Com 3C509 (driver vx), -> a RealTek (can't remember the model, is about one year old) (obviously driver rl), -> and a D-Link DFE-528TX (driver rl). - The first two NICs are OK with static IP assignement, worked for more than 1.5 years on 5.2.1-RELEASE and 5.4-RELEASE, I didn't tested the last one since I just bought it today... - The modem is OK, no problems with: -> a laptop (i386 6-STABLE), -> another laptop (Ubuntu), -> a desktop PC (Win XP). - My laptop has an integrated RealTek 8139C+ (driver re), and the dhclient configuration is the same as the PC where the problem is (default config), therefor the problem shouldn't be in the configuration. - I don't know if it's important, but the DHCP client never worked, neither during sysinstall - I tried disabling PnP OS in the BIOS, as I read in some forums, but nothi= ng Any ideas? If more detailed infos are needed, please ask! Thank you in advance! -- Pietro Cerutti Non lasciar calpestare i TUOI diritti! Don't let 'em take YOUR rights! NO al Trusted Computing! Say NO to Trusted Computing! www.no1984.org www.againsttcpa.com