Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:55:46 -0500 From: "MrBoboo" <mrboboo@home.com> To: "newbie @ freebsd" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: DHCP servers, or getting online with cable modem Message-ID: <000a01c0108a$b31fa260$0200a8c0@mesqt1.tx.home.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C01060.CA2808A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable question i cant get freebsd to work with DHCP, the only way i can get it online = is to set it to a static IP i will go into /stand/sysinstall, and select my NIC, it asks to search = for DHCP servers i say yes, then a bunch of kernal lines come up then i do a control-C, it then goes into the NIC config screen, = everything is filled out correctly, it finds the server, then it has my = comp name, then my complete online address, then my DNS servers and = gateway info, it pulls up my default subnet mask, then i say ok, then it = asks to bring it up, i select yes,=20 then i cant browse or ping any site, i reboot still not online (no pinging any sites work nor browsing),=20 but if i set it to static everything is ok, (I DONT HAVE A STATIC IP, IT = IS A LEASED IP FOR 1 WEEK) how do i fix this rob wideman mrboboo@home.com ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C01060.CA2808A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3105.105" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#800080 face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2> <P>question</P> <P>i cant get freebsd to work with DHCP, the only way i can get it = online is to=20 set it to a static IP</P> <P>i will go into /stand/sysinstall, and select my NIC, it asks to = search for=20 DHCP servers i say yes, then a bunch of kernal lines come up</P> <P>then i do a control-C, it then goes into the NIC config screen, = everything is=20 filled out correctly, it finds the server, then it has my comp name, = then my=20 complete online address, then my DNS servers and gateway info, <FONT=20 color=3D#000000 face=3DArial>it pulls up my default subnet mask, then i = say ok, then=20 it asks to bring it up, i select yes, </FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial>then i cant browse or ping any = site, i=20 reboot</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial>still not online (no pinging any = sites work=20 nor browsing), </FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial>but if i set it to static = everything is ok, (I=20 DONT HAVE A STATIC IP, IT IS A LEASED IP FOR 1 WEEK)</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial>how do i fix this</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial>rob wideman</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000=20 face=3DArial>mrboboo@home.com</FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C01060.CA2808A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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