From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 17 01:53:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA16831 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 01:53:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (ns.transport.gecalsthom.com [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA16822; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 01:53:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id LAA21102; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:50:32 +0100 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id KAA29318; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:49:38 +0100 (MET) Received: from telss1 (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id KAA03604; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:32:27 +0100 (MET) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr by telss1 (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA21710; Tue, 17 Nov 98 10:35:43 +0100 Received: from localhost by telspace.alcatel.fr with SMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA271874913; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:28:33 +0100 X-Openmail-Hops: 1 Date: Tue, 17 Nov 98 10:26:44 +0100 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: Subject: Wide DHCP client and @home cable modem service Mime-Version: 1.0 To: murray@pike.cdrom.com Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="Wide" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Wide" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, Just checking : you have configured bpf filters in your kernel and MAKEDEV'd them in /dev - haven't you ? (I've just reconfigured my home box with a similar setting and got bitten by the missing bpf's) TfH > I'm unable to use FreeBSD to connect to the Internet via the > @home cable service. I've configured my hostname to be the > "identifier" that Windows 98 uses to connect just fine (same system, > dual boot). In FreeBSD I type > > /usr/local/sbin/dhcpc -r fxp0 > /usr/local/sbin/dhcpm fxp0 ~/logfile > > and basically it just keeps sending the DHCPDISCOVER message over and > over again without ever getting a DHCPOFFER message. This is what the > logfile created by dhcpm looks like. I notice that nowhere is my > hostname (the secret 'c#######-a' identifier) mentioned. Am I missing > some configuration step? > > "Nov 15 16:06:31.593862" DHCPDISCOVER > src_haddr: 00a0c957b4a3, dst_haddr: ffffffffffff > src_IP: 0.0.0.0, dst_IP: 255.255.255.255 > requested_IP: None > requested/assigned lease: 3600 > dhcp_t1: 0 dhcp_t2: 0 > op: 1, xid: 295d8164, secs: 61, BRDCST flag: 0 > ciaddr: 0.0.0.0, yiaddr: 0.0.0.0, siaddr: 0.0.0.0, giaddr: > 0.0.0.0 > broadcast: None subnetmask: None > server_id: None > default router: None > > Thanks! > > - Murray > > > 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