From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 11 17:30:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 083B616A4CE for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:30:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (front-door.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 727E843D2D for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:30:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (nat-server.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.245]) (authenticated bits=0)i6BHTsIG003413; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:29:54 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) From: Eric Crist Organization: Secure Computing Networks To: "James A. Coulter" Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:33:50 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <002e01c46759$3b9b72d0$5700a8c0@sabrina> In-Reply-To: <002e01c46759$3b9b72d0$5700a8c0@sabrina> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200407111233.50291.ecrist@secure-computing.net> X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.72, clamav-milter version 0.72 on grog.secure-computing.net X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEWBIE: Logging into Cox Cable service X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ecrist@secure-computing.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:30:02 -0000 On Sunday 11 July 2004 10:10, you wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 4.10 and am trying to connect to my Cox ISP via a an > Ethernet nic and cable modem. > > I have DHCP for the nic enabled in /etc/rc.conf and can obtain an IP > address from my Windows 98 gateway, but when I connect the nic to the cab= le > modem and reboot I do not get a response from the cox DHCP server. > > The nic shows active in ifconfig, but no IP is assigned to it. > > I suspect the Cox DHCP server is expecting a username and password from > dhclient.conf > > I googled and the closest answer I found was a short article in the FreeB= SD > Diary published in 2000 that gave this as an example dhclient.conf: > > interface "de0" { > send host-name "cr123456-a"; > request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers, domain-name-servers, > domain-name, time-servers; > require domain-name-servers; > } > > I tried substituting my own interface and looked up the hostname info cox > provided to my Windows 98 box and swapped the computer names, but no luck. > > Is my hunch correct? When I set up my Windows boxes to connect to Cox wi= th > their CD, it always asked for the main account username and password =96 = so > I=92m guessing when the dhcp client sends out its request for an address,= the > Cox DHCP server is expecting a username and password. > > Can anyone tell me how to send the username and password? > > TIA, > > Jim C. Jim, Many cable providers require that you register the MAC address of the NIC=20 interfaces you connect to their cable modems. Many used to do this, and ha= ve=20 gotten away from it, as it causes problems such that you're experiencing no= w. =20 When you had your service installed, did the service just work, or did you= =20 have to go to a web page and type some things in, first? =20 I know that if you use an internet gateway device, such as a Linksys model,= =20 they usually have a feature called MAC Address Cloning to defeat this. =20 To confirm this is your issue, try swapping network cards between the=20 computers. You should find that you're now able to obtain an IP address. HTH =2D-=20 Eric F Crist Keep your pecker hard and your powder dry, and the world WILL turn.