From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 28 13:48:43 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 71C9C16A4CE for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:48:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.intradyn.com (ip67-95-33-115.z33-95-67.customer.algx.net [67.95.33.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03DC743D53 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:48:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hmiller@intradyn.com) Received: from gamma (124-240-168-192.hq.intradyn.com [192.168.240.124] (may be forged)) by mail.intradyn.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i9SDlKer002619; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:47:20 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hmiller@intradyn.com) Message-ID: <200410280848340015.0514BB35@mail.intradyn.com> In-Reply-To: <20041028134102.GA79784@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20041028035024.GA73748@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20041028071526.GF15691@lb.tenfour> <20041028134102.GA79784@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (4) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:48:34 -0500 From: "Henry Miller" To: "Jonathon McKitrick" , "Dick Davies" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to connect iBook to my BSD network 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: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:48:43 -0000 On 10/28/2004 at 14:41 Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 08:15:26AM +0100, Dick Davies wrote: >: * Jonathon McKitrick [1049 04:49]: >: Hang on - you got a basestation? What does it plug into, the link to >your ISP >: or one of your ethernet ports on the server? Or does the dhcp server >connect >: through the basestation too? > >We got a base station. It has both a modem serial jack and an ethernet >jack. My network has a wireless hub (with wired jacks as well, of course) >connected to my desktop box. > >: I'm a little confused because the BS will have its own DHCP server if I >remember >: right. > >Really? Okay, I didn't know that. I was looking at the preferences page >on >the apple and trying to figure out how to set up TCP/IP. I was under the >assumption the BS was just another hub, and I had to assign it an address. >Since you got me going with DHCPD, I tried that, but it didn't work. Are >you suggesting all I need to do is patch the BS to my hub and set the >laptop >to get the DHCP address itself? If so, how do I get my desktop box to >recognize the BS? Most base stations have a DHCP server, but you need to turn it on. Read the docs on the base station, then log in and see. I set my base station so that 192.168.1.n , where 128