Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:03:03 -0600 From: "Brandon Young" <bkyoung@falcon.cc.ukans.edu> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: DCHP in FBSD 3.4 Message-ID: <000801bf6a8b$7a7d65a0$bd297c18@compaq>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF6A59.2D4392A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oh, great gurus...please shed some light on my situation. =20 BACKGROUND: I am new to *nix. I started out on RedHat linux 9 months = ago. That's the only *nix experience I have, but I have decided to make = *nix my primary OS. I have messed around with other Linux distros, and = OpenBSD. I really liked OpenBSD more than linux, but was not satisfied = with the package availability...Enter FreeBSD 3.4. PROBLEM: I installed FreeBSD on my dual booter box (w/ Win98 - for the = wife) at home. I have a cable modem. Cable modem uses DHCP & works = fine in Win98. In FreeBSD, though, I cannot reach anything outside my = cable company (i.e. I can ping the gateway, the Name server, DHCP = server, etc. - but not , say, www.yahoo.com ). Now, I am not a heavy in = the network configuration department, and I have no clue how to actually = configure the network interface in FBSD. I've been running = /stand/sysinstall & choosing the Configure option, and selecting = Network, etc...and saying 'yes' at the 'try configuring w/ DHCP?' = question. A couple of things I've noticed: I can look at all the stats = in windows (ip address, name server, gateway, etc.) and compare that to = the FBSD stats - and they're different (whereas in linux they were the = same)...but when I boot into Win98 they're the same again. I vaguely = understand that the cable company "leases" me a dhcp ip address (and in = fact know that it renews the lease every 4 hours), but I have observed = that my computer maintains the same ip address for 1 week. When I had = linux on the machine, all the stats were the same in both OS's for that = duration. Is there something different about the way FBSD determines = that info? The problem, as described [not being able to reach the = internet], makes me think there's a problem with the gateway at my = isp...but that probably isn't the case since everything works in = Windows. Even if I manually input the Win98 stats into FBSD, the same = problem exists. QUESTIONS: what's the right way to configure a network card in FBSD = (DHCP)? I noticed there's no way to specify a DHCP server address with = the method of configuration I've been using in FBSD...is that something = I should do? Should I even worry about it? Does it already have the = ability to determine this info? Is there a config file I can manually = edit? Brandon Young bkyoung@sunflower.com ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF6A59.2D4392A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Oh, great gurus...please shed some light on my=20 situation. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>BACKGROUND: I am new to *nix. I started = out on=20 RedHat linux 9 months ago. That's the only *nix experience I have, = but I=20 have decided to make *nix my primary OS. I have messed around with = other=20 Linux distros, and OpenBSD. I really liked OpenBSD more than = linux, but=20 was not satisfied with the package availability...Enter FreeBSD=20 3.4.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>PROBLEM: I installed FreeBSD on my dual booter = box (w/=20 Win98 - for the wife) at home. I have a cable modem. Cable = modem=20 uses DHCP & works fine in Win98. In FreeBSD, though, I cannot = reach=20 anything outside my cable company (i.e. I can ping the gateway, the Name = server,=20 DHCP server, etc. - but not , say, <A=20 href=3D"http://www.yahoo.com">www.yahoo.com</A>; ). Now, I am not a = heavy in=20 the network configuration department, and I have no clue how to actually = configure the network interface in FBSD. I've been running=20 <STRONG>/stand/sysinstall </STRONG>& choosing the Configure option, = and=20 selecting Network, etc...and saying 'yes' at the 'try configuring w/ = DHCP?'=20 question. A couple of things I've noticed: I can look at all = the=20 stats in windows (ip address, name server, gateway, etc.) and compare = that to=20 the FBSD stats - and they're different (whereas in linux they were the=20 same)...but when I boot into Win98 they're the same again. I = vaguely=20 understand that the cable company "leases" me a dhcp ip address (and in = fact=20 know that it renews the lease every 4 hours), but I have observed that = my=20 computer maintains the same ip address for 1 week. When I had = linux on the=20 machine, all the stats were the same in both OS's for that = duration. Is=20 there something different about the way FBSD determines that info? = The=20 problem, as described [not being able to reach the internet], makes me = think=20 there's a problem with the gateway at my isp...but that probably isn't = the case=20 since everything works in Windows. Even if I manually input the = Win98=20 stats into FBSD, the same problem exists.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>QUESTIONS: what's the right way to configure a = network=20 card in FBSD (DHCP)? I noticed there's no way to specify a DHCP = server=20 address with the method of configuration I've been using in FBSD...is = that=20 something I should do? Should I even worry about it? Does it = already=20 have the ability to determine this info? Is there a config file I = can=20 manually edit?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Brandon Young</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:bkyoung@sunflower.com">bkyoung@sunflower.com</A></FONT></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF6A59.2D4392A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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