Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 08:29:24 -0500 From: Bob Johnson <bob@eng.ufl.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: Client DHCP connection to Internet] Message-ID: <3A814DB4.1122CFA3@eng.ufl.edu>
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> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:39:57 +0100 > From: seppludwig@isuisse.com > Subject: Client DHCP connection to Internet > > hallo everybody - I'm a newbie and so far very pleased with FreeBSD > except for two problems - of which the DHCP problem is the most > serious. > > I have a pc connected to the net via cable modem > which (i hope) is configured as a workstation rather than a server. > > If I boot into W95 and then return to FreeBSD > (i.e. reboot from the FreeBSD partition on the same machine), > FreeBSD does not seem able to get a lease. This can last for hours. > > W95 doesn't have this problem (I go to W95 for e-mail and newsgroups > > such as this!) > > on booting back to FreeBSD I get the following: > > "Doing initial network setup:hostname" > "ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR):can't assign requested address" > > ...and it stops there for HOURS (I usually re-boot to W95 > to get anything done or go to bed!) > > In Netscape (under X) on FreeBSD I sometimes get the following > messages: > > "Warning: the host .xxxxx.xxx is unknown" > (xxx etc = the domian name of my provider) > "This means that some or all hosts will be unreadable" > "Perhaps there is a problem with your name server!" > "If your site must use a non-root name server, > " you will need to set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable > " to point at the appropiate name server. > " It may (or may not) be necessary to set this variable, > " or the SOCKS host preference, to the IP address > of the host in question rather than its name." > > I am only running a workstation client > connected to the net via a cable modem. > I DO get connected - > but then lose the connection as explained above. > > Can anybody help? > > Until I solve this problem I can't rely on my FreeBSD for mail etc. I don't know if it has any relation to your problem, but I when I switch my laptop from Windows 98SE to FreeBSD, I have to turn the power off before booting FreeBSD or the network card won't initialize properly. Do you see this problem if you power down completely before booting FreeBSD? I suppose this is probably a flaw in FreeBSD. Maybe I should submit a problem report for it. - Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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