From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 10 13:36:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30BF6106564A for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:36:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C13708FC0C for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:36:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id a1so1475234tib.3 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:36:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=wJ57JUNBbFSv93FG6g3X3tIYTkXHNNEi7/HblR3y+FQ=; b=RMoKX5hxpc8x90hB5r0i+l8EOZ36RjK6R/Y4K+E/KOKZNKT4NO4ipqpeqIFJFISYR2 NfAAUUuzHLrRDI6iVtiJov7lG/3nPlny6HdMAYp5VOZo13A4lZRF5fbEmNYPNvhYqUSQ aqwFq0iWLgTtMG8ZFjBKw/yMWRdjYh4nO7gBQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Wps0bfkMuf12byNipFZdd5lt3mwXYec2bd3BNQVRcqoOybir30eB0w195rx8WclnZS SA7l1iLJ7PPtx/cfeAz2LVj0zOarkVcbrsA3PjEgX1ovKbE8FqXc9tx0dL4S+9sGhRW2 6WTRA5W/yGB54o58kR6hrvOAHQYaKKNmzOW+E= Received: by 10.110.52.1 with SMTP id z1mr10876786tiz.52.1236692212708; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:36:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.2? ([117.196.233.159]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d7sm958569tib.22.2009.03.10.06.36.47 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:36:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49B66D49.9020709@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:08:17 +0530 From: manish jain User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Help required for configuring FreeBSD with DHCP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:36:55 -0000 Hi all, I have a dual boot system (FreeBSD 7.1 + Windows 2000). I am trying out FreeBSD for the first time with an ISP who runs a DHCP server. Until the times of static addresses, everything was so simple in FreeBSD. Now I am forced to ask for help because the ISP is willing to help only for Windows. And indeed my Windows 2000 is sailing the internet smoothly enough, so I can't really blame him. I am using a Realtek 8139D NIC on an x86 system. When I ask sysinstall to configure rl0, it asks me whether I want to use DHCP. When I say yes, it still gives me the same form to fill out as it does for static IP addresses. I don't have any idea how to fill out this form when DHCP is being used. Please note that on Windows, the following are enabled : 1) Obtain an IP address automatically 2) Obtain DNS server address automatically Everything else (IP address/Default dateway/etc) is greyed out. Can anyone please tell me how to get my FreeBSD system up on DHCP. The only other piece of information I can provide is the hostname I have been using so far : unxfbsdi.freebsd.localdomain Thanks in advance for any help. Regards Manish Jain invalid.pointer@gmail.com