Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:53:45 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: isp connection woes Message-ID: <3E5B9189.1060300@potentialtech.com> References: <OE64KnD7zoJDpz1Pjzc000015c9@hotmail.com>
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Brian Henning wrote:
> I have ATTBI for an isp, someone told me that the IP TTL is expiring on the way
> to the server. Their network design supports no more than 16 hops on the way to
> a DHCP server,
> but increasing the (hard-coded) TTL
> (at line 159 in /usr/src/contrib/isc-dhcp/common/packet.c) can help fix the
> problem.
> I would like to manually try to connect to my isp before i try changing the code
> for DHCP.
> I got my network info from my lrp operating system. I would like to switch that
> to bsd.
> can i use traceroute to find out the number of hops i am currently taking to get
> to my isp's dhcp server?
Don't see why not, assuming:
1) The DHCP server returns icmp echo requests
2) You know the IP of the DHCP server
> manual configuration
> --------------------
> ifconfig_rl0="inet 66.41.139.87 netmask 255.255.248.0" #66.41.139.87/21
> ifconfig_rl1="inet 192.168.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0"
>
> default_router="66.41.136.1 rl0"
This should be:
defaultrouter="66.41.136.1"
> default_router="192.168.1.254 rl1"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is wrong. Don't put that in.
> domain the-matrix.net
> nameserver 63.240.76.19
> nameserver 204.127.198.19
This goes in your /etc/resolv.conf
> is there anything else i need to manually connect to my isp?
As long as they allow the use of that IP, no. You should be
good to go.
--
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com
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