From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 8 10:56:38 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EEFF37B401 for ; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 10:56:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f41.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.19.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 382C143FBF for ; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 10:56:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from b1henning@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 10:56:35 -0800 Received: from 66.41.139.87 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 08 Feb 2003 18:56:34 GMT X-Originating-IP: [66.41.139.87] From: "Brian H" To: freebsd@vagner.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: connecting to my isp Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 12:56:34 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Feb 2003 18:56:35.0075 (UTC) FILETIME=[CD4C6530:01C2CFA3] 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 Laszlo, can you help me through a maunual install. i think i have all the info i need. gateway isp: 66.41.136.1 gateway local: 192.168.254 i have my name servers ---------------------- search ce1.client2.attbi.com nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 63.240.76.19 nameserver 204.127.198.19 i know my ip address that i get from my cable modem. thanks again, brian >From: Laszlo Vagner >To: Bill Moran >CC: Brian H , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: connecting to my isp >Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 13:35:50 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from ns1.vagner.com ([65.39.87.179]) by mc6-f4.law1.hotmail.com >with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Sat, 8 Feb 2003 10:35:45 -0800 >Received: (from root@localhost)by ns1.vagner.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) id >h18IZZ04074203;Sat, 8 Feb 2003 11:35:35 -0700 (MST)(envelope-from >freebsd@vagner.com) >Received: from vagner.com (pcp02972580pcs.manass01.va.comcast.net >[68.48.106.33])by ns1.vagner.com (8.12.5/8.12.5av) with ESMTP id >h18IZT89074195;Sat, 8 Feb 2003 11:35:30 -0700 (MST)(envelope-from >freebsd@vagner.com) >X-Message-Info: dHZMQeBBv44lPE7o4B5bAg== >Message-ID: <3E454E06.6010607@vagner.com> >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.1) >Gecko/20021229 >X-Accept-Language: en-us, en >References: ><3E454939.5080700@potentialtech.com> >X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 >Return-Path: freebsd@vagner.com >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Feb 2003 18:35:46.0031 (UTC) >FILETIME=[E4CF67F0:01C2CFA0] > >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. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message