From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jul 13 02:30:06 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 AF97510461BF for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 02:30:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ua0-x232.google.com (mail-ua0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c08::232]) (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 433568F1DC for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 02:30:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ua0-x232.google.com with SMTP id q12-v6so19721406ual.2 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:30:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=ieIniz3ljYUXsR7Zy3LFnyZnfPthBYUlH1wfEJAi3qI=; b=mA55ucYoTl6U4p3KwVoQUxZYTXVhcnBtTzay07JARw04csRK4qPcIN+ZXclJU6ftiV klNYt+FypSWBWxBUkiA8euiRQsnUS3pOzQHAHreiSU2EGKMgAmCQNHit+0s0/RrAOqGK tyLq5ciQk0hRPLWy+5D6GNGST1C16jzn5jqlPUv3LsD3GzDK62OL9bofYL2r/wTP/Z/F 6UBfH+HxXEWeIcHGGwQJpqN0zCj79+9vS0hq1+g6XqqxtuXaASY+TbS2Fyx348ViFbNi Op7DAoexsPpQJ3R2EKkvhLW5rKlZAxmmipaMp3Gmza1+LKhTJme9jbQRFShLdkBkw29c IwFQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ieIniz3ljYUXsR7Zy3LFnyZnfPthBYUlH1wfEJAi3qI=; b=IY3T4B8fsM9SFeN1Twov18/RIgng82l6PVQVtsTpuX79Lxc0Zzx3ljVDqxQe5rYU/D VBLoJcMzqUm8UpucxTGrXalxV2a24N3XzD1nOHpiKzO6ivNu5qQVVOB1hd7Ee5qJPD4+ 0XBMchd3c6oHWdOIV4I0r5EvFeU/pH6QTjY1I1l1QDV3MZ/RhTdpIv3uixm1J1N1xViQ iadIA47vVCr+sNA5CHV1YOCnF7ACsVwPRt2LbJccDSTqICuvdKEp2U0Cg+2d4NK0WAdw qB3G51wdboj8rfxC9FHHEz6IEHwjeRqRqx7J+CbKOYYQxNC0ZXu8lrIa9vyRPmF7p4Mb f1pA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlH0XwSGJw0Bt2IoA7ip976eZlErGgU9uFq8p75nKjrpWHeCSVEC Sca2NBHbx57YyF0F1jR6NF5xwFM2jZa88S4lM/g= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpftx4GI5AFKwnoiFIFa8UCTXcFXEJ8rCARWwl8zxp8o2HB4kKSVKabRhLKp7Qs3LAwFzV4XjlXUjEKpRUdkWP4= X-Received: by 2002:a9f:25f2:: with SMTP id 105-v6mr2858007uaf.68.1531449005314; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:30:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:ab0:4c9a:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:30:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20180621151647.2cdb8e6b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20180614093928.6f39434e.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <20180614161923.5246ae81.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <20180615102548.1c686d1b.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <20180619095828.26271eea.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <20180619115218.58b3983e.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180621151647.2cdb8e6b.freebsd@edvax.de> From: B J Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 02:30:04 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Problems Connecting Laptop To Modem To: Polytropon Cc: freebsd-questions , Erich Dollansky Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 02:30:07 -0000 During the past few weeks, I've tried all sorts of things in trying to solve the problem of connecting the laptop to the Internet. Late last month, I was at the house I inherited and I took the HD with me. I've got two machines there, as well as two different Internet services. I put that HD into one of the laptops and tried to connect to each modem. No joy. Whatever the problem is, it had to be something to do with drive. Earlier today, I installed FreeBSD on a spare HD that I connected to one of my tower machines. I put that drive into the original laptop and got the same results. The interface can't find a DHCP server and can't make a connection to the Internet. In addition, the laptop has a wireless interface, but the installer can't find it. Also, before the connection problems began, the machine had a number of sudden shutdowns, which, I suspect, might have been due to kernel panics. Considering the age of the machine, and the condition it was in when it was given to me, I'm inclined to think that the problem is on the motherboard. Maybe it's time to put the laptop up on blocks or, if it fails completely, cannibalize it for spare parts. BMJ