From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 13 02:54:23 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 046C2101AA66 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:54:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com) Received: from out1-7.antispamcloud.com (out1-7.antispamcloud.com [185.201.16.7]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F86F86FEE for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:54:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com) Received: from [153.92.8.106] (helo=srv31.niagahoster.com) by mx12.antispamcloud.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1fSvTK-0002Pg-Pf; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 04:25:20 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sumeritec.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender :Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=mitjqJM3BjSzheecGEWHV68i4C5rXci8eDc3qDA4XQg=; b=bJrx3NtIObUDZi/vZ4DCF7Ll+f WfgBZI/4zRWl/mB4k/hhswsuVX0xWaZybsCX8CaWfylYtaDZwqQhcZRoth2uyUU5HFrQH/Gb/wbSW l8HqQsAlNy0j6qpNf+8v9uCNvHV1CeoK3zp+J6c3fpLdeswIDbihdg0FeXXuOlxLk720qZryu4Z9S 9KQ8a0AQm+BPVjujh1gSkZ9LXbwvlBMjNq6Q19Y2oONbb03vDjuO5SlMzUCVjimfWke/q6qTTsg0R rYdHWVRtkUWqYVb0Dc+55CQg1DogLIyS8Kn348cmO5P3+3vgfL/P5wy4pxJCpNTNJCW1yBUKFaLNl Wd85na2A==; Received: from [182.1.64.246] (port=20515 helo=X220.sumeritec.com) by srv31.niagahoster.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1fSvSX-0006Mr-3L; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:24:32 +0700 Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:24:26 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: B J Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Problems Connecting Laptop To Modem Message-ID: <20180613102426.3874c581.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AuthUser: freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com X-Originating-IP: 153.92.8.106 X-AntiSpamCloud-Domain: out.niagahoster.com X-AntiSpamCloud-Username: niaga Authentication-Results: antispamcloud.com; auth=pass (login) smtp.auth=niaga@out.niagahoster.com X-AntiSpamCloud-Outgoing-Class: ham X-AntiSpamCloud-Outgoing-Evidence: Combined (0.02) X-Recommended-Action: accept X-Filter-ID: EX5BVjFpneJeBchSMxfU5oyimwkPYZrnh2Ss6gUy30h602E9L7XzfQH6nu9C/Fh9KJzpNe6xgvOx q3u0UDjvOyUbQzp6uNaWKWUQShrSWzm/HkqXSCguusxpiFXltuLl+kBuqA1kK+apPM/4YqUEFQTz WN0/6c1OeVx0Pev94h4T1PIIFyJaz0898mnWiL6VBMmyNbDn7R5kilAhwr3KtJJAgryuFbuuZT2x xMkTmm0Q/dmiwnPgn1JvZNT5ejEbq8cZWR20xkhRU+wteAIV/lsw7KiSeF+lpNmHLUb4eTGoQxQi BI2TokVl+i87u/cuhjH+s7IyGgYI2/48DdYq5nuEOX5X+aI07tQv+JNpJZkn7bB5bp6MFPZxaDQ+ O9lvv0hnML1BX+vWNRARolTDlD3ez4CdtXaPw7D+FGO9tGn+Yn2IUbTte+q+Nq1AtJsqX0ap+5DR uAeZYsoDEfVfSbwqyT5p50x81ZKcmzCu2U34gLU00gcBQyydDZ+JHHf+eGS2NlHalU3pouehsm1G Um4pV/hLCLtIwPJ9XBizpkcefJXHc74ik7YBZhdPEu8BxTT4PI1vyiozin+Q9Z44jwEiRQv+PVjj wa+Z5RFCOMRUrRLEbmN2hOWkm+jjl7mqPwUimsNGvJJilSn4u6QSZKUU7yRrFANDyd1rqpYpH4/t cEEdFUtlBcd/cggQO2/Ly6uSlRfEHXv0FyPlUsc0FfdjzQ6YC7Heg3Xf7O1TOd70JEGZ4rWzGZ4/ zlyCC3H2XkPAelc4WfrcoSlIb+HeUvV7WpS9s7h+Tf/hZvIbu0igyQaenMmH18/Q/rqh6KyCRQQx LY/+29TRohSqJrULEmYVBRym1GTL+3N3DlP9FRLpAXnrGA4CDNa5JkRTD9kWJR/YdqcpiEfVkaxc IKMqsCjBRB0t/r7fzY7HnTQ5j8Py3deP8vNnmz84mDUvZqxnB1hYVULyg3fWh5tbcz2mAWZJTLdd dmSmgUp4oA9rqJlne1u2s7aPHmvkjwmFXvRv X-Report-Abuse-To: spam@quarantine1.antispamcloud.com 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: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:54:23 -0000 Hi, can you post the output of ifconfig as the first step? Erich On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:39:11 +0000 B J wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"