Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 09:21:46 -0500 From: Jeremy Fincher <jfincher@cinci.rr.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't use internet after recompiling kernel Message-ID: <381EF37A.DA747E74@cinci.rr.com> References: <381EE199.BE53BDE3@cinci.rr.com> <381ED825.F6488EAA@scc.nl>
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Yep. I did a bit of trial and error compiling and rebooting, compiling and rebooting, until I found the problem, and it was the bpfilter. Thank you for taking the time to read through that entire file! Now, I do have a few questions: First of all, why is something with "security and privacy implications" required for something as simple as dhcp? And also, this is just for my information: I ran NT with my cable modem for about 3 weeks. During that time I rebooted many times and never changed IP addresses. It was definitely nice. Then I ran Linux for at least a month. Every single time I rebooted, I would end up with a new IP address. Everytime. It was not nice; I constantly had to tell my friends my new IP address when they wanted any files from me, or wanted to play quake3 on my server. Now, I've not been using FreeBSD for long (about half a day so far) and I don't intend to reboot often, but I've noticed, through all this testing with my kernel and such, that my IP address does not change every time I reboot. It's stayed the same probably through 5 or more reboots, even. My first question about this is why are these operating systems different? My second, is can I look forward to those weeks (or more) of IP address stability that I got in NT, even rebooting at least once a day or so? Ok, and also, the linux netscape seemed much more stable in linux than the freebsd netscape seems in freebsd. Should I try the linux netscape in emulation mode? Thanks for all the time taken to answer these questions. Jeremy Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > Charlie Root wrote: > > > Ok, for some reason unknown to me, I can't recompile a kernel that is > > slimed down to only my network card drivers but still uses DHCP to > > access the internet. > > [snip] > > > # The `bpfilter' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. > > # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this! > > # The number of devices determines the maximum number of > > # simultaneous BPF clients programs runnable. > > #pseudo-device bpfilter 1 #Berkeley packet filter > > IIRC, bpfilter is used for DHCP. Try uncommenting it. > > HTH, > > -- > Marcel Moolenaar mailto:marcel@scc.nl > SCC Internetworking & Databases http://www.scc.nl/ > The FreeBSD project mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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