Date: 03 Aug 2002 23:23:11 +0200 From: Wouter Van Hemel <wouter@pair.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Bri <brian@ukip.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhcp problems with my ISP Message-ID: <1028409791.286.9.camel@cocaine> In-Reply-To: <3D4BADAC.481BB6E3@mindspring.com> References: <NEBBKKNOEKKNLLNMEOHFAEBFIKAA.brian@ukip.com> <3D4BADAC.481BB6E3@mindspring.com>
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On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 12:17, Terry Lambert wrote: > Bri wrote: > > Hi I have a Cable and have a Cable Modem for my internet connection of which > > you use dhcp to obtain an IP address great but this only seems to work > > successfully on a Windows machine I've registered all the other mac > > addresses of unix boxes and Apple macs I have and they seem to have alot of > > difficulty obtaining IP addresses. Especially the UNIX machines which run > > FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE or 5.0-CURRENT on sparc64 at the moment the sparc64 box > > which is a Sun Ultra 5 which is the worst for detecting an IP with dhclient. > > > > What I would really like to know is what does the windows dhcp do > > differently than say dhclient. > > > > I would be very interested to know as I would like a UNIX machine that can > > maintain and IP address. > > Use the same exact NIC. > Wouldn't it be possible to change the mac address? A friend of mine used this method once to obtain a new ip address from the server when he was being DoS'ed on his home ip by some irc kiddies. Ofcourse, you'd have to change the other cards' mac too, if possible. > [...] > Regards, wouter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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