Date: Wed, 18 Nov 98 09:26:45 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: gandolf@destiny.erols.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, murray@pike.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Wide DHCP client and @home cable modem service Message-ID: <H000057c01a1dcac@MHS> In-Reply-To: <199811180159.UAA02803@gandolf.ml.org>
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Hello, Is what you suggest allowed by your ISP ? you are in fact using just for yourself indefinetely an IP address which should be negociated from time to time. TfH PS : I've setup wide-DHCP on both -Stable and -Current with no trouble. What is the command you have added in rc.local ? > > I'm using FreeBSD fine with the @home cable modems without using dhcp at > all. > > Under win*, run 'winipcfg', and write down your ip address, router, name > servers, netmask, and broadcast address. You can then setup FreeBSD > using this information, and everything will work fine. My FreeBSD box > has been up for almost 2 months with this configuration. > > Jeff Hamilton > gandolf@gandolf.ml.org > > On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 01:03:19 -0800 (PST), Murray Stokely wrote: > > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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