From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 25 18: 6:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8780237B406 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 18:06:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A3C82B697; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 03:06:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4ECA5114; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:06:40 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:06:40 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Jeremy Cooper Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP not getting IP Message-ID: <20011026110640.M552@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Jeremy Cooper , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jmcoop5@hotmail.com on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 12:12:06AM +0000 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 On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 12:12:06AM +0000, Jeremy Cooper wrote: > I have been trying to set up my first freebsd box using dhcp. I have tried > a few things but I am unable to get an IP address > from my ISP, Starpower via cable modem. I have tried a few things but I am > stuck right now. Does anyone have any > suggestions. I am running version 4.4 of freebsd on a Dell Pentium 1. Here > are some of my configs: If you run tcpdump on xl1 while running dhclient, do you see answers? tcpdump -i xl1 -lenx -s 1500 port bootps or port bootpc or icmp Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message