Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:08:17 +0530 From: manish jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Help required for configuring FreeBSD with DHCP Message-ID: <49B66D49.9020709@gmail.com>
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Hi all, I have a dual boot system (FreeBSD 7.1 + Windows 2000). I am trying out FreeBSD for the first time with an ISP who runs a DHCP server. Until the times of static addresses, everything was so simple in FreeBSD. Now I am forced to ask for help because the ISP is willing to help only for Windows. And indeed my Windows 2000 is sailing the internet smoothly enough, so I can't really blame him. I am using a Realtek 8139D NIC on an x86 system. When I ask sysinstall to configure rl0, it asks me whether I want to use DHCP. When I say yes, it still gives me the same form to fill out as it does for static IP addresses. I don't have any idea how to fill out this form when DHCP is being used. Please note that on Windows, the following are enabled : 1) Obtain an IP address automatically 2) Obtain DNS server address automatically Everything else (IP address/Default dateway/etc) is greyed out. Can anyone please tell me how to get my FreeBSD system up on DHCP. The only other piece of information I can provide is the hostname I have been using so far : unxfbsdi.freebsd.localdomain Thanks in advance for any help. Regards Manish Jain invalid.pointer@gmail.com
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