From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 31 05:47:47 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 4666716A4CF for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 05:47:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CC0C43D46 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 05:47:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davidd@datasphereweb.com) Received: from localhost (pcp01602932pcs.lwrnce01.in.comcast.net[68.58.159.250]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004053112474601300fal6je>; Mon, 31 May 2004 12:47:46 +0000 Received: from DAVIDDLAPTOP ([192.168.1.89]) (AUTH: LOGIN davidd) by localhost with esmtp; Mon, 31 May 2004 07:38:37 -0500 From: "David Daugherty" To: "'Don'" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 07:36:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 In-Reply-To: <20040531100906.72418.qmail@web20023.mail.yahoo.com> Thread-Index: AcRG959/h2jQDiR2Rk2ixqia5cxxqAAE9Www Message-Id: <20040531124747.1CC0C43D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Don't know what else to do with DHCP...help?? 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: Mon, 31 May 2004 12:47:47 -0000 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Don > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:09 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Don't know what else to do with DHCP...help?? > when booting there is a long pause when the dhclient > starts....my guess is it is querying the server for the dhcp > info. however once it comes back up it shows me as having > BROADCAST of 255.255.255.255 and nothing I have done has > enabled me to fix it. Just a shot in the dark on my part, but if you're trying to install with a cable modem try power cycling the modem. I had a similar problem when switched out my NICs. It would hang for about 1-2 minutes on the dhclient part of the boot then not give me an IP. --- |> /\ \/ @ davidd@datasphereweb.com DataSphere - Databases, back end web programming and networking 317.536.1858 ICQ: 21106703 "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke