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Date:      Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:10:39 -0800
From:      Brent Kearney <brent@kearneys.ca>
To:        stephen <serenity@tcainternet.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: confusion
Message-ID:  <19991207191038.A8324@kearneys.ca>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19991207205711.0091c370@pop.tcainternet.com>; from serenity@tcainternet.com on Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 08:57:11PM -0600
References:  <3.0.6.32.19991207203629.00912bd0@pop.tcainternet.com> <3.0.6.32.19991207203629.00912bd0@pop.tcainternet.com> <19991207185125.A8208@kearneys.ca> <3.0.6.32.19991207205711.0091c370@pop.tcainternet.com>

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On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 08:57:11PM -0600, stephen wrote:
> hmmmm
> it did it again...
> its less than the time that freebsd wold resolve the ip address frome the
> cable provider...
> and no output to the screne i loged in as root, but no reason that the
> network stoped responding...
> ----resolve.conf---
> search tcac.net
> nameserver 205.218.118.1
> nameserver 204.70.128.1
> 
> ---rc.conf---
> linux_enable="YES"              #enable the Linux binaries
> saver="logo"                    #enable the screne saver
> gateway_enable="YES"            #enable the gateway for other puters
> firewall_enable="YES"           #enable the firewall rc.firewall
> moused_port="/dev/psm0"         #enable the mouse ports
> moused_enable="YES"             #enable the mouse itself
> hostname="serenity"             #enable serenity's hostname
> network_interfaces="rl0 ed0 ed1"#enable the network lan cards
> ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> ifconfig_ed1="inet 192.168.3.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> dhclient rl0                    #enable the connection to the cable modem
> natd -f /etc/natd.conf          #allow network access to internet
> 
> ----natd.conf----
> interface rl0
> dynamic yes

I notice that rl0 is configured to be on a private network (192.168.), 
yet it is also the interface for your DHCP client, to connect
to your ISP's network.  I have never set up DHCP, but I would guess
that this is a problem.

-Brent


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