Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 12:34:06 -0600 From: "Brian H" <b1henning@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: connecting to my isp Message-ID: <F145YLowspDKicUbvBD00015739@hotmail.com>
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My isp will only give me an ip address if my mac address is registered with them. I do say yes when I am asked if i want to use dhcp. i will check and see if there are any errors with dhcp. could my host name cause a problem? my isp is at&t broadband. thanks again, brian >From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> >To: Brian H <b1henning@hotmail.com> >CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: connecting to my isp >Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 13:15:21 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net ([24.53.161.166]) by >mc3-f36.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Sat, 8 Feb >2003 10:15:47 -0800 >Received: from potentialtech.com (working [172.16.0.95])by >pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id >h18IH4T5075390;Sat, 8 Feb 2003 13:17:05 -0500 (EST)(envelope-from >wmoran@potentialtech.com) >X-Message-Info: dHZMQeBBv44lPE7o4B5bAg== >Message-ID: <3E454939.5080700@potentialtech.com> >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.1) >Gecko/20021127 >X-Accept-Language: en-us, en >References: <F33G9Vbj2ltpNebT9s40000ae44@hotmail.com> >Return-Path: wmoran@potentialtech.com >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Feb 2003 18:15:47.0813 (UTC) >FILETIME=[1A9DD950:01C2CF9E] > >Brian H wrote: >>I am trying to switch my router from Linux Router Project to FBSD 4.7 >>because i think i can get more functionality with bsd :) I am running into >>a problem with getting it connected to my isp. >> >>i have a cable connection and the way that the LRP connection is through >>dhcp. it uses the mac address as a means to authenticate. > >What do you mean? Do you mean that your ISP will only give you an IP >if your MAC is registered? Is your MAC on this machine registered? > >>What turn on "DHCP" in /stand/sysinstall configure networking menu. > >When it asks you if you want to use DHCP and you say 'yes'. > >>It just hung there for a while and then returned no information from the >>dhcp server. > >During installation? Or are you doing post-config? Can you ALT+F4 (I >think >it's F4, might be F3) and see any errors wrt DHCP? > >>Is there anything i can do to just get connnected to my isp? > >This has worked fine every time I've done it. > >-- >Bill Moran >Potential Technologies >http://www.potentialtech.com _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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