Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:03:40 +0300 From: "\"Remorque\"" <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: ricardo.m.jesus@criticalsoftware.com Cc: manish jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help required for configuring FreeBSD with DHCP Message-ID: <991123400903100803w35f333edkdd46b2c4b0d94ed3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49B670EE.6020503@gmail.com> References: <49B66D49.9020709@gmail.com> <49B670EE.6020503@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Ricardo Jesus <ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com>wrote: > manish jain wrote: > >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> I think Realtek 8139D fall into re(4) driver, but do take a look at dmesg > | less to confirm this. > > To display the current configuration for the network interfaces on your > system run: > % ifconfig > > You need to edit rc.conf and add the following to have the network card > configured at boot time: > ifconfig_re0="DHCP" > > To configure the card from the command line simply run: > # ifconfig re0 dhcp I would do: dhclient re0 Is the behaviour the same? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby." - Natalie Wood
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