Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 09:32:30 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Java Weenie <javaweenie@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: VerizonDSL woes Message-ID: <3EB5166E.7030109@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <Law15-F59Ei8TywMfgZ00025b23@hotmail.com> References: <Law15-F59Ei8TywMfgZ00025b23@hotmail.com>
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Java Weenie wrote: [ ... ] > I am running 4.7 - RELEASE-p5 and I am having trouble getting DSL > working with Verizon in the Seattle area. [ ... ] > Another oddity is setting the nic to dhcp in rc.conf did not acquire an > ip, for some reason I need to manually fire dhclient. I was sifting through some unread list traffic; I apologize if this response is dated. Anyway, your last comment prompted a thought that perhaps Verizon's DHCP servers are expecting your machine to request a hostname before they'll give you a lease. Try adding a "send host-name" & "send dhcp-client-identifier" in your /etc/dhclient.conf. -Chuck
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