From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 13 8: 8:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F29E14EA1 for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 08:08:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) id LAA08761; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:09:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Message-Id: <199907131509.LAA08761@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: Cable modem ->FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <06aa24316140d79SM1@mail.austin.rr.com> from "Tom W." at "Jul 13, 99 09:17:16 am" To: twilson1@austin.rr.com (Tom W.) Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:09:24 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, tw@nabi.net Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tom W. wrote, > > First I would like to ask if this is an e-group where all mails are sent > to all subscribers or only the development group. If it is the former > how do I subscribe? Send mail to majordomo@freebsd.org (NOT the list address!) with the following text in the body, subscribe freebsd-questions [optional address] Where 'optional address' is only needed if the address you would like the mail to go to is different from the address on your 'From' (does it look at 'Reply-To?' *shrug*). [snip] > The first time I booted, I started X and opened netscape 4.08 and I was > able to connect to the internet and send mail. The next day however I > could not connect. I checked my IP address in windows again and it had > changed. I do not have a static IP but it doesn't change that often so > I thought I could just change it in /etc/rc.conf for the time being. > After entering the new IP in rc.conf and also trying > /stand/sysinstall/ to update my network info, I still was unable to > connect. > > I have the book "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey which says "...From > the FreeBSD point of view, the cable modem looks like just another > ethernet device". I've read the section on Connecting to the internet > but did not find anything about DHCP. I have read in other newsgroups > that I need to install DHCP so FreeBSD can get my new IP address from my > ISP. I have RoadRunner cable modem service in Austin, TX and I know > that they use WinNT for their servers which I read uses DHCP. Someone else here might help you with DHCP. I have a cable modem, but a static IP. ;P I don't use DHCP. > My question is, why was I only able to connect the first time and not > afterwards even after I updated rc.conf with my new IP. The /etc/rc.conf file is only read at startup. If you make changes to rc.conf, you would need to reboot for them to take effect. However, a reboot is not required (this ain't Windows). Use the ifconfig(8) command to change the IP address of an operating interface. (Actually, the /etc/rc.conf file is read by the /etc/rc.network script which uses the IP addresses it finds in the rc.conf in a ifconfig command. ifconfig is what the starup uses anyway.) > And am I on the > right track with DHCP? I saw isc-dhcp2 on /stand/sysinstall/ so I'm > assuming I would need that program. You will need one of the DHCP programs. There are several choices (well, more than one anyway). -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message