From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 12 17:21:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D731C16A4E9 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:21:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DF8E43D4C for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:21:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74CD469A71; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:21:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:21:24 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "Hakim Z. Singhji" Message-Id: <20040812132124.2d0f1cf9.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <11077407.1092330210543.JavaMail.root@skeeter.psp.pas.earthlink.net> References: <11077407.1092330210543.JavaMail.root@skeeter.psp.pas.earthlink.net> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP and rc Questions For FreeBSD 4.10??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:21:27 -0000 "Hakim Z. Singhji" wrote: > Hi Bill, > > >What is the output of "ipfw show"? > > I dont know that command? Syntax??? > > ######################### > > root@redgate% ipfw show > > ######################### You must really like the # symbol. > is that correct? Yes, that's all you have to do. Look at the rules that come back to see what your current ruleset is. > >You may do better to set: > >firewall_enable="YES" > >firewall_type="OPEN" > > Ok I will... > > I wrote to Earthlink and this is what they had to say: > > >Earthlink: I suggest you reset the cable modem and then > >try connecting to the net. > > >Earthlink:In order to fix this your cable modem needs to > >be reset. First shut down your computer and then disconnect > >the power from the cable modem for 1 to 3 minutes. This will > >reset the modem. Next, reconnect the power to the cable modem > >and turn on your computer. If this does not resolve the issue, > >please let us know so we can dig a little deeper. > > What do you think of this??? I'll bet any amount of small pocket change that it's a scripted answer they give out the first time you ask a question. Have you done it? Cable modems can be flakey, and resetting them is occasionally required. Have you tested basic network connectivity? Do you get all the proper lights on both your NIC and the cable modem? If there are cable problems, you're going to waste a lot of time trying to fix DHCP problems! -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com