From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 1 9:35:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8341637B402 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:35:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost.ds.psu.edu [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g21HZUO03824; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:35:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200203011735.g21HZUO03824@fac13.ds.psu.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Benjamin Krueger Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using dhcp on a laptop that normally has its own name & IP In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Mar 2002 09:16:54 PST." <20020301091654.Q12253@rain.macguire.net> From: dochawk@psu.edu Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 12:35:30 -0500 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 Benjamin belabored, > * Richard E. Hawkins (dochawk@psu.edu) [020301 09:04]: > > I tried to use this, with very limited success. I brought down fxp0 > > with ifconfig, and then used /stand/sysinstall to do a dhcp network > > configuration. It successfuly pick up an IP address, but I couldn't do > > anything more than ping (so it found the nameservers, too). Any > > attempt to use telnet, the web, ftp, or hit a mailserver just plain > > failed. > Double check to see that you're getting a gateway from the dhcp server. Also > check to see that the dhcp gateway is set as the default and not conflicting > with any other routing settings you may have. If these are all correct, use > traceroute to see how far out of the network you can get. google.com is my > personal traceroute target for initial testing. I think I must be getting one--I get pings back from anyplace I specify. This eliminates the gateway issue, doesn't it? thanks hawk -- Richard E. Hawkins, Asst. Prof. of Economics /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message