From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 24 18:11:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB77337B407 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 18:11:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ipthomas_77@yahoo.com) Received: from scraemondaemon.my.domain (sdn-ar-004nybuffP284.dialsprint.net [158.252.33.214]) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA02402; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 18:11:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ipt@localhost) by scraemondaemon.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA01516; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 21:08:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ipt) From: "Ian P. Thomas" Message-Id: <200106250108.VAA01516@scraemondaemon.my.domain> Subject: Re: cable connection problems To: wmoran@iowna.com (Bill Moran) Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 21:07:53 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Bill Moran" at Jun 24, 2001 08:25:41 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL5] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="%--multipart-mixed-boundary-1.1461.993431273--%" 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 --%--multipart-mixed-boundary-1.1461.993431273--% Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is a copy of the rc.conf file sent as an attachment. I think you're right about the DHCP. When I release and renew using winipcfg, every once and awhile I get a DHCP error renewing IP. Ian In the last episode, Bill Moran stated... > > "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? > --%--multipart-mixed-boundary-1.1461.993431273--% Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: English text Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rc.conf" # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf # please make all changes to this file. hostname="scraemondaemon.my.domain" firewall_enable="YES" firewall_type="open" ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" portmap_enable="NO" network_interfaces="lo0 tun0 fxp0" sendmail_enable="YES" sendmail_flags="-bd" savecore_enable="YES" update_motd="YES" clear_tmp_enable="YES" apm_enable="YES" moused_port="/dev/psm0" moused_enable="YES" font8x16="YES" font8x14="YES" font8x8="YES" allscreens_flags="-m on 80x30" saver="blank" blanktime="300" --%--multipart-mixed-boundary-1.1461.993431273--%-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message