From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 24 17:26:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E042337B401 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 17:26:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@iowna.com) Received: from iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f5P0N6s02408; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 20:23:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B368505.124D07EC@iowna.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 20:25:41 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Ian P. Thomas" Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable connection problems References: <200106242325.TAA00916@scraemondaemon.my.domain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 "Ian P. Thomas" wrote: > > I was unable to see any messages on boot regarding DHCP. Here is what > dmesg says about the NIC. I'm guessing your /etc/rc.conf is set up improperly. Could you send the list a copy? > fxp0: rev 0x0c int a irq 17 on > pci0.1 3.0 > fxp0: Ethernet address 00:02:b3:1a:b2:81 These cards work fine - as long as it's not integrated into the mobo. Is the network card a seperate card? > I do get this at the end though. Is this the DHCP info you were > looking for? No, these are ethernet messages. DHCP messages will almost always have "dhcp" in them somewhere. > IP Address Obtain automatically This is Microsoft's way of saying "DHCP is on" > I don't think I am using DHCP in Windows. Yes you are. > Is there a way I can enter a > gateway, subnet mask, and IP address manually for my NIC? Yes, but it's unlikely to work properly if your ISP expects you to use DHCP. -Bill -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message