Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 13:35:50 -0500 From: Laszlo Vagner <freebsd@vagner.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Brian H <b1henning@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: connecting to my isp Message-ID: <3E454E06.6010607@vagner.com> References: <F33G9Vbj2ltpNebT9s40000ae44@hotmail.com> <3E454939.5080700@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > 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. > I have comcast and can DHCP it fine, my GF has ATTBI cable and i cant get it to DHCP for the life of me although i can manually put in the settings and it will work. both systems are 4.7-stable. both work with windows2000 fine though. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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