Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:56:02 -0600 From: "Brandon Young" <bkyoung@falcon.cc.ukans.edu> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org> Subject: configuring DHCP in FreeBSD 3.4 Message-ID: <000801bf6a92$dee9d8a0$bd297c18@compaq>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF6A60.9404A400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Help! BACKGROUND: I had a dual boot machine running Win98 & RedHat Linux. I = was introduced to linux 9 months ago. I tried several other = distros...didn't like them. I tried OpenBSD - loved it...only, not = enough software ported. So, I tried FreeBSD 3.4. PROBLEM: Network. I have a cable modem, and am using a 3C905B ethernet = adapter. Everything works fine in Win98 (and worked fine in RedHat). I = use DHCP. The exact problem is that in FreeBSD, I can not ping anything = outside the Cable Co.'s LAN (i.e. I can ping the Name Server, the = Gateway, The DHCP server, etc; but not, say, 129.237.125.112 [an ip # of = a computer I happen to know out on the internet], or www.yahoo.com .). = I should also point out that I don't have any idea how to configure a = network card in FreeBSD. =20 QUESTIONS: can someone please give me very precise instructions on how = to configure DHCP & what things to check in troubleshooting? Is it = easier to configure during install (It didn't work for me; so I'm locked = into using /stand/sysinstall...Configure...Network...Network = Interfaces...'no' to 'assume network already configured'...'yes' to 'try = configuring with DHCP')?Direct me to some informative man = pages/HOWTO's/tutorials...? I am not afraid to edit a config file by = hand...just don't know what file to edit, or what to put in it. Brandon Young bkyoung@sunflower.com ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF6A60.9404A400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Help!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>BACKGROUND: I had a dual boot machine running Win98 = &=20 RedHat Linux. I was introduced to linux 9 months ago. I = tried=20 several other distros...didn't like them. I tried OpenBSD - loved=20 it...only, not enough software ported. So, I tried FreeBSD=20 3.4.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>PROBLEM: Network. I have a cable modem, = and am=20 using a 3C905B ethernet adapter. Everything works fine in Win98 = (and=20 worked fine in RedHat). I use DHCP. The exact problem is = that in=20 FreeBSD, I can not ping anything outside the Cable Co.'s LAN (i.e. I can = ping=20 the Name Server, the Gateway, The DHCP server, etc; but not, say,=20 129.237.125.112 [an ip # of a computer I happen to know out on the = internet], or=20 <A href=3D"http://www.yahoo.com">www.yahoo.com</A>; .). I should = also point=20 out that I don't have any idea how to configure a network card in = FreeBSD. =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>QUESTIONS: can someone please give me very = precise=20 instructions on how to configure DHCP & what things to check in=20 troubleshooting? Is it easier to configure during install (It = didn't work=20 for me; so I'm locked into using=20 /stand/sysinstall...Configure...Network...Network Interfaces...'no' to = 'assume=20 network already configured'...'yes' to 'try configuring with = DHCP')?Direct me to=20 some informative man pages/HOWTO's/tutorials...? I am not afraid = to edit a=20 config file by hand...just don't know what file to edit, or what to put = in=20 it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Brandon Young</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:bkyoung@sunflower.com">bkyoung@sunflower.com</A></FONT></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF6A60.9404A400-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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