From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 21 12:52:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA27633 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 12:52:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from marlin.exis.net (root@marlin.exis.net [205.252.72.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA27609 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 12:51:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stefan@exis.net) Received: from sailfish.exis.net (stefan@sailfish.exis.net [205.252.72.104]) by marlin.exis.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA00168; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 15:51:40 -0500 Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 15:51:40 -0500 (EST) From: Stefan Molnar To: Ryan Paul Duda cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP : @home network. Cable Modem. In-Reply-To: <351377E9.5DA3F3B7@distance.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What cable provider are you using? TCI in the Bay Rea does not do DHCP, so I am lucky. Are you do have a ifconfig line in /etc/rc.conf for the NIC connected to the cable modem? Stefan > I currently have a cable modem and I am having trouble getting freebsd > to work with it. I noticed that win95 does not have any default > settings.. it just obtains everything automatically. I also noticed that > it is using dhcp. So I installed dhclient (isc-dhcp2 :port) I am having > a hell of a time with it.. The default configuration file is not working > when I change the host-name and dchp-client-identifier and option > routes. If anyone has a cable modem and is using the @home service or > using a form of DHCP from a cablemodem could you please send me your > dhclient.conf or if you have any input on the situation please fire some > email to me. > > Thanks, > RPD > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message