From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 05:08:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D4716A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 05:08:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 434F443D2D for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 05:08:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andrewr@uidaho.edu) Received: from c211-28-75-111.frank1.vic.optusnet.com.au (c211-28-75-111.frank1.vic.optusnet.com.au [211.28.75.111]) i95580Y0009003 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:08:00 +1000 Received: from c211-28-75-111.frank1.vic.optusnet.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1])ESMTP id i9558dqU076738; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:08:39 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andrewr@uidaho.edu) Received: (from andrewr@localhost)id i9558cq4076737; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:08:38 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andrewr@uidaho.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: c211-28-75-111.frank1.vic.optusnet.com.au: andrewr set sender to andrewr@uidaho.edu using -f Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:08:38 +1000 From: Andrew Robinson To: scottkey@comcast.net Message-ID: <20041005050838.GC76624@uidaho.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problem regarding dhcp and FreeBSD 4.10 on a laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 05:08:05 -0000 When I've had a problem like this it's usually my firewall. Are you running a firewall at all? Also, can you ssh in to the BSD box from inside the network? Andrew Scott Key wrote: > I have a Toshiba Satellite that used to run Win 98 until I got fed up and +installed FreeBSD. This is my first FreeBSD installation, though I received +help from a few people more knowledgable than I. The problem I am having is +this: I have comcast broadband internet on a Linksys Wireless-G Gateway +Modem/Router. I have two other computers that run windows, both of which have +no problem using dhcp to obtain their IP addresses. For reasons that I have +been unable to figure out after days of searching the internet, DHCP will +assign a proper IP when pccard_ifconfig is set to use it in the rc.conf. The +problem is that I am unable to get past the network. I can ping within the +network to my hearts content, and if pinging my router and other computers was +entertaining for more than five seconds, I'd be dandy. I have tried setting +static IP's, I've tried manually adding the route's needed into the routing +table, but NOTHING thus far has allowed be get outside the network. I contacte d my cable company, who dutifully reported to me that they have no idea what +FreeBSD is, anything other than Windows or Mac, and they are useless. In any +event, I hope that some help can be provided in this matter. Everything else +with FreeBSD works wonderfully, but for some reason, it simply will not allow +me access the internet. Just to clarify, the PCcard is being recognized by +FreeBSD, I added it in, it works fine. I have configured rc.conf to include a +pccard_ifconfig (currently it's set to DHCP, which seems to be setting the +appropriate ip address). Any help that could be offered would be most +appreciated. -- Andrew Robinson Ph: 208 885 7115 Department of Forest Resources Fa: 208 885 6226 University of Idaho E : andrewr@uidaho.edu PO Box 441133 W : http://www.uidaho.edu/~andrewr Moscow ID 83843 Or: http://www.biometrics.uidaho.edu No statement above necessarily represents my employer's opinion.