Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 21:20:08 -0500 (EST) From: "make stuff up" <kalin@el.net> To: "Duane Whitty" <duane@greenmeadow.ca> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient in 6.0 Message-ID: <62937.24.90.33.115.1139019608.squirrel@mail.el.net> In-Reply-To: <43E3FD80.4080006@greenmeadow.ca> References: <52993.24.90.33.115.1138913403.squirrel@mail.el.net> <59391.24.90.33.115.1138965018.squirrel@mail.el.net> <20060203124325.5f512537.lists@yazzy.org> <57854.24.90.33.115.1138967941.squirrel@mail.el.net> <d8a4930a0602030429q50f6aa39o@mail.gmail.com> <54176.24.90.33.115.1138971301.squirrel@mail.el.net> <20060203130241.GJ44469@pegasus.dyndns.info> <c7aff4ef0602030524y3a2632d3w@mail.gmail.com> <60155.24.90.33.115.1138981486.squirrel@mail.el.net> <61418.24.90.33.115.1139004207.squirrel@mail.el.net> <43E3FD80.4080006@greenmeadow.ca>
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> kalin mintchev wrote: >>>>try install /usr/ports/net/isc-dhcp3-client >>>>and edit your rc.conf: >>>>dhclient_program="/usr/local/sbin/dhclient" >>>>dhclient_flags= see manual for isc-dhcp3-client >>> >>> ok.. this sounds reasonable... >>> but how do i tell the dhcp server what number am i assigning to fxp0? >>> now ifconfig shows exactly the same as on the other laptop except the >>> IP >>>of course. >>> >>> route get 192.168.1.1 shows also the same output except expire is a >>>negative number. how do i make the dhcp sever aware of the IP i assigned >>>to fxp0? >> >> >> anybody?! >> i lost too much time on this... i mean it's dhclient its not even >> trying to make RAID work... sorry to say i'm going back to 5.4... >> unless somebody has a quick workaround... >> >> thanks to the people that tried to help.. >> >> >>> thanks.... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>2006/2/3, Frank Altpeter <frank@altpeter.de>: >>>> >>>>>Hi there, >>>>> >>>>>kalin mintchev wrote on 2006-02-03 at 13:55:01 CET: >>>>> >>>>>>>2006/2/3, make stuff up <kalin@el.net>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> thank you... does that mean back to 5.4 for now? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Try install /usr/ports/net/isc-dhcp3-client/ >>>>>> >>>>>> without a connection? >>>>> >>>>>try to manually ifconfig your fxp0 - this should work. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Le deagh dhùraghd, >>>>> >>>>> Frank Altpeter >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>*** FA-RIPE *** http://blog.foxalpha.de/ *** SIG at 11 *** >>>>>| I'm always ravenous when I'm about to take a long journey. >>>>>| Rygel - DNA Mad Scientist >>>>>_______________________________________________ > > Hi, > > In 5.4 I had these a dhclient.conf that > had these options: > > option router-discovery 1 > option perform-mask-discovery 1 > > It was the only way my notebook would > get a dhcp address. It seems I don't > need these settings anylonger in 6.0 but > maybe making them explicit will help > your cause. thanks Duane... but there is something really screwed up with the dhclient out of the box. i just tried reinstalling just vary basic system and even at the configuration prompt to set up the fxp0 when i select dhcp nothing happens... so i'm going back to 5.4. if i have to spend 2 more days on something as basic as dhclient..... i mean i have to eat too... thanks... > Hope this helps. > > --Duane Whitty >
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