From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 16 12:44: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtprelay1.adelphia.net (smtprelay1.adelphia.net [64.8.25.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09C9137B405 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:44:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ipthomas_77@yahoo.com) Received: from scraemondaemon.my.domain ([24.49.96.3]) by smtprelay1.adelphia.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GGL02N02.K8P; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:42:23 -0400 Received: (from ipt@localhost) by scraemondaemon.my.domain (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f6GJfRi13545; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:41:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ipt) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:41:22 -0400 From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas To: j mckitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig question Message-ID: <20010716154122.C13279@localhost> References: <20010716152941.A48484@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010716152941.A48484@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 03:29:41PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'd also like to know this. I get this message when I boot up right before DHCP gets my IP and other info. Everything on my box seems to work fine also. Ian As it was put forth by j mckitrick on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 03:29:41PM +0100... > > Sorry for the simple question, but I'm new to ethernets... > > root:~# dhclient ed0 > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested address > dhclient: New IP Address(ed0): 10.100.20.163 > dhclient: New Subnet Mask (ed0): 255.255.254.0 > dhclient: New Broadcast Address(ed0): 10.100.21.255 > dhclient: New Routers: 10.100.20.1 > > > I read the manpage on netintro and dhclient, but I couldn't figure it out. > Is the ifconfig message an error? My connection seems to be working fine. > > jcm > -- > o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathon McKitrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | > | "I prefer the term 'Artificial Person' myself." | > o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o > > > 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