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Date:      Wed, 12 May 1999 11:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Matthew Amelin <Matthew_Amelin@alpinecsi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905121102590.23756-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <8525676F.004480BE.00@leia.alpinecsi.com>

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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Matthew Amelin wrote:

> I am tring to set up my laptop so I can browse the internet from work
> I put my default gateway in the    defaultrouter "0.0.0.0" in my rc.conf
> and my nameserver in  /etc/resolv.conf
> and when I try to ping my gate way I get
> /kernel : arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for "mygatewayaddress" 14rt
> 
> My company is using DHCP  then what would be my inet address that I specify
> for my nic card?

I've noticed that dhclient doesn't like to plug in the default router for
some reason.  Ask your network admin for the default router address, and
set that as the 'defaultrouter' in rc.conf (instead of 0.0.0.0).

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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