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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>
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Cc: Ian Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: cable connection problems
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default013 - subscriptions wrote:
> Hi, I'm no networking expert or anything but... from my personal experience,
> I believe that most cable provider's DHCP servers do not really support DHCP
> for *NIX systems... Probably if one was knowledgable enough, one could set
> this up to work but, I have had a few different O/Ses on my cable connection
> and have found that DHCP never works quite right...

I seriously doubt it. DHCP is an established protocol. I use DHCP to log
on to RoadRunner with my FreeBSD computer. I also use FreeBSD as a DHCP
server in multiple situations, serving Mac, NT and Windows DHCP clients.
It's much more likely that something else is wrong. Double check your
network setup (including physical wiring) You snipped the ifconfig
output, are you getting a valid physical link, for example.


> >    I just installed my new Intel NIC and it shows up
> > fine
> > in dmesg.  I have also added these lines to rc.conf.
> >
> > network_interfaces="fxp0"
> > ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"
> >
> >    However, on reboot, I get this when I run an
> > ifconfig -a
> >
> > inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast
> > 255.255.255.255
> >
> >    I'm assuming that I should have a real IP.  In
> > windows
> > I don't use any software other than setting TCP/IP to
> > not
> > use DNS and obtain an IP automatically.  I also have
> > Lan
> > Settings set to automatically detect settings and use
> > a
> > proxy is enabled.  Any ideas?  The service is
> > powerlink.

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