Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:53:50 +0000 From: Ricardo Jesus <ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com> To: manish jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help required for configuring FreeBSD with DHCP Message-ID: <49B670EE.6020503@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49B66D49.9020709@gmail.com> References: <49B66D49.9020709@gmail.com>
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manish jain wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I think Realtek 8139D fall into re(4) driver, but do take a look at dmesg | less to confirm this. To display the current configuration for the network interfaces on your system run: % ifconfig You need to edit rc.conf and add the following to have the network card configured at boot time: ifconfig_re0="DHCP" To configure the card from the command line simply run: # ifconfig re0 dhcp
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