From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 30 20:38:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C08C16A417 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:38:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2101613C442 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:38:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86D0B5D3C; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:38:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CbT-A-gFLR41; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:38:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-96-224-41-41.nycmny.east.verizon.net [96.224.41.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81FD45C68; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:38:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46AE4C2B.2040603@mac.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:38:03 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jasvinder S. Bahra" References: <002301c7d10a$09ee5180$0600010a@atlantis> <46ACF835.7040402@crackmonkey.us> <000601c7d238$065da370$0600010a@atlantis> <001101c7d23e$ea6e2200$bf4a6600$@com> <001901c7d2da$1cc36760$0600010a@atlantis> <46AE3B2A.4050306@mac.com> <000401c7d2e6$2bdaf770$0600010a@atlantis> In-Reply-To: <000401c7d2e6$2bdaf770$0600010a@atlantis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD-questions List Subject: Re: Binding dhclient to a particular network interface X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:38:10 -0000 Jasvinder S. Bahra wrote: > Chuck, > > I gave this a shot, but this stopped the interface being assigned an IP > address at all (i.e... before the change, the interface had a valid IP > address assigned by the DHCP server in my cable modem, but after making the > change and restarting, the "ifconfig" command shows the interface having an > IP address of 0.0.0.0). > > I do agree though - the man page explicitly says that this should work. Does running "dhclient ed1" from the command line work? Is the DHCP server providing the right answer? Running "tcpdump -s 0 arp or port bootps" would give you insight into what the network is seeing, at least. Doing this from your DHCP server or a laptop on a hub with the interface in question would be useful vantages, or a "trunk" or "span" port on a smart switch, depending on what you might have handy. -- -Chuck