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Date:      Mon, 01 Jul 2002 19:53:25 -0500
From:      Michael Fenwick <michaelfenwick@comcast.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   help 'Can't assign the requested address'
Message-ID:  <NGBBILJJELCIODLGHGGGEEDMCBAA.michaelfenwick@comcast.net>
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Hi, 

I've got a network problem thats driving me crazy. I'm pretty new to FreeBSD
(UNIX in general), so I need the simple explanation.

Here it is:

1. A friend of mine gave me a FreeBSD 4.4 Stable box that he setup at work.
It was setup and worked correctly connected to a static IP address.

2. I am now trying to connect this box to my comcast @Home DHCP account. For
the past 4 days I have scoured the internet and read specific instructions
on DHCP and static IP setup. 

3. At boot time, the box hangs for a moment with the message:

ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign the requested address

I get this message no matter if the NIC is connected to the network cable or
not. If I kill dhclient and restart it, i get the same message. I always get
this message.........arrr

Here is my ifconfig:

rl0: flags=8843<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	inet6 fe80::204:e2ff:fe0b:4749%rl0 prefixlen64 scopeid 0x1
	inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
	ether 00:04:e2:0b:47:49
	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
	status: active

rl0: flags=8802<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	ether 00:04:e2:0b:47:3f
	media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
	status: no carrier

lp0: flags=8810<POINTTOPOINT, SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
faith0: flags=8000<MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049<UP, LOOPBACK, RUNNING, SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 16384


Here is /etc/rc.conf

network_interfaces="auto"
ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
hostname="ci5XXXX-a";   #my comcast account name

The only real changes I have made are following the instructions on how to
setup a DHCP client, specificly for @home. However, no matter what changes I
make to /etc/rc.conf or /etc/dhclient.conf, I still get the same message:
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign the requested address. All of my
searches on the net for similar problems have been futile.

My only guess is that somewhere there may be a conf file making the box look
for its old static IP. 

Any help would be great.

Thanks

Mike



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