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Subject: Re: Telewest Cable and FreeBSD
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 16:31:16 -0000
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Hi

Sorry guys,

Running 4.2-STABLE

Did you make any changes to the cable modem config?

Do I need to add anything to the /etc/dhclient.conf?

DO I need to set up a dhcp server - long shot .

The SIO..... error seems to refer to IP6?  Is that correct?  Is there a way
of disabling IP6?

Gordon



----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Inder" <R.Inder@ed.ac.uk>
To: "G D McKee" <freebsd@gdmckee.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; <richard@interactive.co.uk>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: Telewest Cable and FreeBSD


>
> Well, the good news is that there is gold at the end of the rainbow: I
> have had a freeBSD machine taling to a telewest cable modem for
> a good number of months now, and it does "go".
>
> "G D McKee" <freebsd@gdmckee.com> writes:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Got my NIC set-up for DHCP in /etc/rc.conf.  When the machine fires up I
get
> > the following error when trying to obtain a DHCP lease.
> >
> > kursk# dhclient ep0
> > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested address
>
> I noticed you doing this as a command, so I tried it, so see what message
> I got.
>
> I got no message at all, just a prompt back.
>
> Then, about 20 seconds later, the machine re-booted!
>            ((/var/log/messages available if anyone wants to investigate))
>
> > I have no firewall or anything in place.  /etc/hosts has ALL:ALL:ALLOW
in it
> > at the top.
>
> > Gordon
> > PS Robert - I was put in contact with you from Richard Tobin.
>
> He helped with/did much of the setup on Auk.
>
> If there any files you want to look at for you, let me know...
>
> Robert.
>
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