From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 6 22:34:32 2003 Return-Path: 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 CF3F837B401 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 22:34:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from classicnet.net (classicnet.net [65.83.241.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36DEE43FBD for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 22:34:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from howlingrooster@classicnet.net) Received: from rob [65.117.217.26] by classicnet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.14) id ACA123560296; Mon, 07 Apr 2003 01:29:05 -0400 From: "Robert Gallimore" To: Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 00:34:17 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c2fcc7$58f974b0$0e02a8c0@rob> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: An odd networking problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 05:34:33 -0000 Hello, My wife and I share a cable modem connection. When I got into Unix, I could only use the system while she was at work. We were using "Internet connection sharing" through Windows, so of course she couldn't get on the Internet if I was using FreeBSD. Anyway, FreeBSD would connect fine to the Internet as long as my NIC card was directly wired to the cable modem. Well then we got the bright idea of going to the computer store and buying a router so she could connect while I was on FreeBSD. The router worked - sort of. She can now connect while I am on FreeBSD, but FreeBSD will not connect, even when I try to use DHCP and all. The router does work when we are both using Windows, or when I am using linux and she is using Windows. When I unplugged the router and plugged my card into the cable modem, FreeBSD connected. I think I am missing a setting or something. Everything is configured via DHCP. I am writing this in the hope that someone would be willing to help me with this aggravating problem. How do I get FreeBSD to deal with the fact that the router hardware has been added to the network? I could sure use some help as I have been at this for the last six months trying to figure it out. Thank you!!! Regards, Rob p.s. Last night, while working on FreeBSD version 4.7, I set up my NIC as usual, but lynx would not connect to any webpages!!! Argh!!!! Then, my mouse stopped responding!!! I didn't mess with anything. Is this a known problem with 4.7? Everything was plugged in and working fine and then it all went to hell. I use a dell dimension 4300 Pentium 4, 256 MB RAM NVIDIA Geforce 2 graphics card, a linksys LNE Ethernet card, and a Belkin router.