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Date:      Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:00:13 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Jeff Hamilton" <gandolf@destiny.erols.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        "Murray Stokely" <murray@pike.cdrom.com>
Subject:   Re: Wide DHCP client and @home cable modem service
Message-ID:  <199811180159.UAA02803@gandolf.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981117010205.3197A-100000@pike.cdrom.com>

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I'm using FreeBSD fine with the @home cable modems without using dhcp at 
all.

Under win*, run 'winipcfg', and write down your ip address, router, name 
servers, netmask, and broadcast address.  You can then setup FreeBSD 
using this information, and everything will work fine.  My FreeBSD box 
has been up for almost 2 months with this configuration.

Jeff Hamilton
gandolf@gandolf.ml.org

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 01:03:19 -0800 (PST), Murray Stokely wrote:

>     I'm unable to use FreeBSD to connect to the Internet via the
>@home cable service.  I've configured my hostname to be the
>"identifier" that Windows 98 uses to connect just fine (same system,
>dual boot).  In FreeBSD I type
>
>/usr/local/sbin/dhcpc -r fxp0
>/usr/local/sbin/dhcpm fxp0 ~/logfile
>
>and basically it just keeps sending the DHCPDISCOVER message over and
>over again without ever getting a DHCPOFFER message.  This is what the
>logfile created by dhcpm looks like.  I notice that nowhere is my
>hostname (the secret 'c#######-a' identifier) mentioned.  Am I missing
>some configuration step?  
>
>  "Nov 15 16:06:31.593862"	DHCPDISCOVER
>	src_haddr: 00a0c957b4a3, dst_haddr: ffffffffffff
>	src_IP: 0.0.0.0, dst_IP: 255.255.255.255
>	requested_IP: None
>	requested/assigned lease: 3600
>	dhcp_t1: 0	dhcp_t2: 0
>	op: 1, xid: 295d8164, secs: 61, BRDCST flag: 0
>	ciaddr: 0.0.0.0, yiaddr: 0.0.0.0, siaddr: 0.0.0.0, giaddr:
>0.0.0.0
>	broadcast: None	subnetmask: None
>	server_id: None
>	default router: None	
>
>Thanks!
>
>	- Murray
>
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