Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 09:42:30 -0400 From: "JoeB" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "Bob Hall" <rjhalljr@starpower.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Cable modem & DHCP Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEGODNAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20030518052814.GA484@sten.alder.net>
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Are you using a crossover cable between the cable modem and your
FBSD box?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Bob Hall
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 1:28 AM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Cable modem & DHCP
I'm trying to connect a FBSD box to a cable modem. I'm getting
the following message at startup immediately after the dmesg lines
relating to rlphy0:
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested
address.
I assume that refers to
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
but I have no idea how to fix it so that the address gets assigned.
The FBSD box is the gateway for my LAN, and I normally run NAT and
an ipfw firewall w/ tcp.blackhole and udp.blackhole set to 2, but
I've disabled NAT and the firewall and reset blackhole to 0 for both
protocols while I try to set up the cable modem. Can anyone tell me
how to assign the requested address?
configuration info:
$ uname -a
FreeBSD sten.alder.net 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Sat Dec
7 18:48:43 E
ST 2002 root@sten.alder.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/STEN2 i386
$ less rc.conf
hostname="sten.alder.net"
inetd_enable="YES"
network_interfaces="rl0 lo0"
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"
kern_securelevel_enable="NO"
firewall_enable="NO"
named_enable="YES"
named_flags="-b /etc/namedb/named.conf"
portmap_enable="YES"
$ ifconfig rl0
rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
ether 00:40:05:80:44:4b
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
$ netstat -r
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif
Expire
0 link#4 UC 1 0 rl0
=>
default 192.168.0.1 UGSc 26 3 rl0
0.255.255.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWb 3 9 rl0
localhost localhost UH 0 2 lo0
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