From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 20 05:10:49 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E08AD16A41A for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:10:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevcormier@yahoo.com) Received: from n5.bullet.mail.re4.yahoo.com (n5.bullet.mail.re4.yahoo.com [206.190.56.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C2F313C442 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:10:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevcormier@yahoo.com) Received: from [68.142.237.88] by n5.bullet.re4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Nov 2007 05:10:41 -0000 Received: from [66.196.97.156] by t4.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Nov 2007 05:10:41 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp209.mail.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Nov 2007 05:10:41 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-5 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 228554.34933.bm@omp209.mail.re3.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 113 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Nov 2007 05:10:41 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=bpOXHBq2VlUTqNN3gMzmZ41tbDACdXSyV4hQyAluHGKG33M9Wsn9cSqnBhmwmgXbTeqHws3PetRW6XasMM0/Ktn8NoXGaFWzlT6Kl/4i7xlsTk69p50VoaYAPEY96qe3TeE1JDniI2QulBbIX3EzoD0jD57xBIHO0/XAT7/pTaQ=; X-YMail-OSG: 8RPHhOkVM1m5ostOnXo1HadOeh5yGJcdZUZAn3J1K2A3cOGEfuOjhVheqv8sVGgKKzBV3.bO3E_AAtxiGBLhKh1Gjg-- Received: from [24.69.77.165] by web57413.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:10:41 PST Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:10:41 -0800 (PST) From: kev c To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <47423E24.4020607@jim-liesl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <70211.99091.qm@web57413.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Help no network with dhcp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:10:50 -0000 --- security wrote: > > > Its me, kev. Sorry, I misunderstood the request. I > > redid the test on a separate computer and it didnt > > broadcast the dhcprequest. > > > > The router's log shows no dhcp activities. > > > > I tried by passing the router and using my isp's > dhcp > > server but the result was the same. > > > > I tried useing sysinstall on a computer with a > > different network card and it worked. > > > > I am useing 6.2 release. > > > If you're not seeing the broadcast, it doesn't > matter whose dhcp server > you use. > > When you say you used a different card, is it the > same mfg/chipset or a > different one? > It was a different kind of card it had a different chipset. I was confused because the not working card doesnt actually have a dm9102a chipset that is just what freebsd said it has a dm9102af chip I looked inside the computer and made sure. Thank you for the help I thought that maybe I was doing something wrong since I hadnt installed freebsd before. > 6.2 should support that card. on the card that > doesn't work, do you see > a link light come up when you boot up to sysinstall? > > Have you switched to the alternate console to check > for error messages? > > thks > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs