From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 12 16:39:14 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC80010048F4 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:39:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ua0-x235.google.com (mail-ua0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c08::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F8396CF80 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:39:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ua0-x235.google.com with SMTP id a5-v6so16420355uao.8 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:39:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=xDdA4j5OEP4P/88VTKN5o9TIqHB+3MxHHvo0fzzhrKY=; b=neB389TPnMmHwks+Ddb3xz6dsndCfwvEQrV4/3U/IWvzX+3yHgwsp852euw6hE9+Dw TOqv0skGBKr+J+6Pk/1PIMNk615uF6d51htf8rgCoqnfZnz0HFZt2J83wdtAQHsAGB8W MVb0C/q3k4N0iK2q9G/Fy7QOZ+6UKyuUO49Pf1r4GBy9XzbrVLgw1u5UJvRQh/YylLPD c7sy3+Xo4YAhAByPlG/N39NDEPIAvLGNGfnk/mQWsH/2/uQddAIPC+N5LH6WIyvztgxW w3oaoNO4XfpGoM8wOuqo4nEH/AiY5vc1MAMqS7D+F0fQMgez7LZnDwo3RLd5745tRSle vx7g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=xDdA4j5OEP4P/88VTKN5o9TIqHB+3MxHHvo0fzzhrKY=; b=FBr0HjUkV2ipCT0tUNb3pfTCTiVlxLFtiHx2cw4oBLui0gMHI6hX7UeTASVqBksSPQ SiMjR0L3l74k4X1RH+YKyg3kXViJPX1w+jLOAFhYCGmRpg0RAicmv6Wj6q/CVVBxVjgM v4H28Gy7KUJWFGEgiQEllN2knaqUpRO3oROwbHqjqk30qJpbf4rgDtcMpJAwCAInpgwX X5VQD+FLQFeJ9XqaSaHNol+Yf89af7bsXaoal0rYp3mzvEJwkOldZ5z3Tumg8cNUIsNH yq0e3p0ty6bfT3LpMePYi6rV4o7TLrLuC+KdFJiHR1nSuT8d16fBEBKGrIvl0rX1TEsS wrBA== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E2jpChAPlmMRooy3OCrpFZHjGm9YC1xNB9UiokaH82quqVknAZR vX6QK2pGml01bX4VaYyx11QPOA0IGOG6nAzLhoo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKKpLiib73bin4KLoKschPz8YbbKinbQDUOj9JWr+uL0KRsc0c6khWIQxA0gHizTpwFYLnG83nuWiosDShkWsI8= X-Received: by 2002:a9f:3409:: with SMTP id q9-v6mr873110uab.161.1528821552702; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:39:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:ab0:46e:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:39:11 -0700 (PDT) From: B J Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:39:11 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Problems Connecting Laptop To Modem To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:39:14 -0000 I have several computers connected to my Internet service, though not all at once. One is an old iMac with an outdated version of OS X. i also have two towers that run FreeBSD/Mate and a laptop that has FreeBSD/Xfce. A few weeks ago, the router I had malfunctioned and I got a Cisco modem/router from my ISP. All of my machines could connect to the Internet through it, but the signal wasn't very robust. The slightest disturbance to the system, such as shutting down one of the computers, would result in the loss of that signal. i went back to my ISP and exchanged that unit for one made by Arris. I can add or remove computers from it without any problems except for the laptop. It can't seem to connect to it, at least when it's running FreeBSD/Xfce For example, I tried: service netif restart followed by pinging a website, but that didn't work. The Ethernet connector appears to be good. I tested it when I booted the machine using a live CD version of an old openSUSE distro that I happened to have on hand. I'm not sure what I should try next. Does anyone have any suggestions? I could, of course, contact my ISP, but its staff, apparently, isn't given any training on Linux and, presumably, Unix systems. To be honest, it's not all that important if I can't use the laptop right now as I've got the two tower machines. The laptop is more of a convenience than anything else. By the way, the only reason I've got Xfce on it is because it couldn't run Mate. Thanks. B. M. Jatzeck