Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 06:48:35 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: "peter harmsen" <wshamean115@hotmail.com>, wmoran@iowna.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhcp Message-ID: <01092006483506.00969@proxy.the-i-pa.com> In-Reply-To: <F131oDEvrSLea9lXP97000011cb@hotmail.com> References: <F131oDEvrSLea9lXP97000011cb@hotmail.com>
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During FreeBSD installation, you have the option to set up DHCP. To re-run this process, enter /stand/sysinstall and then go to "configure", then "network interfaces" then select the network card, When asked if you want to use DHCP, say yes, and the card will be set up. If you want to verify or configure it the "manual way", what sysinstall does when you do this is edit the file /etc/rc.conf which has a lot of FreeBSD's startup config in it. There should be a line something like: ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" This line might not look exactly like this, it might say ifconfig_xl0 or ifconfig_ed0 depending on what driver is needed for your network card. Once this is done, a reboot should have things working. -Bill On Thursday 20 September 2001 03:08, peter harmsen wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Ihave had openbsd installed, and during setup i choosed dhcp > as my connection to the internet.It worked out fine, openbsd started > scanning for the dhcp server and eventually found it.Sorry but iam > quite a newbie on this terrain.How can i find any configuration files > under FreeBsd? > > From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> > > >To: "Peter Harmsen" <wshamean115@hotmail.com>, <questions@freebsd.org> > >Subject: Re: dhcp > >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:41:44 -0400 > > > >On Wednesday 19 September 2001 17:07, Peter Harmsen wrote: > > > Hello Mem/Sir, > > > > > > I have a cable modem and connected to my isp via > > > dhcp.Now freebsd has problems finding the dhcp server. > > > Or iam doing something wrong?Is there another way? > > > >Need more information. You suggest that it worked fine before > >but doesn't now - what changed? > >Can you send some configuration information as well as the > >exact error messages. -- Bill Moran Potential Technology technical services (412) 793-4257 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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