From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 13 13: 1:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nyc.rr.com (nycsmtp3fb.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.99.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D5E37B443 for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:01:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from optix@nyc.rr.com) Received: from darkstar ([24.29.134.4]) by nyc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.357.35); Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:04:52 -0400 Message-ID: <01a701c0c455$65d97bf0$01000001@darkstar> From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" To: "Mikel" Cc: , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" References: <01C0C41F.C9658DC0.james.knoll@saic.com> <3AD74ED8.C98CEEC9@ocsinternet.com> <012501c0c453$1ce6a0a0$01000001@darkstar> <3AD75C47.357EABD9@ocsinternet.com> Subject: Re: Road Runner and FreeBSD Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:07:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mikel, As you can see, i'm also in New York (NYC) and I didn't need to do anything, FreeBSD detected my NIC card and set all that stuff up for me, I was even able to do an FTP install of FreeBSD. Well, thats just my experience. - -- Jonathan M. Slivko Jonathan M. Slivko - optix@nyc.rr.com - jmslivko@datasyrge.net - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org (PGP Key Available @ http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mikel" To: "Jonathan M. Slivko" Cc: ; "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 4:06 PM Subject: Re: Road Runner and FreeBSD > And that is as it should be with most dhcient requests. However > here in NY, and a few other places around the country, you MUST > send the RR server the proper PASSWORD as the RR personnel called > (silly cluesless bastards) in order to receive an IP. As it turns > out their servers, here, are set up to only respone if you provide > the MAC address. > > As for dhcpd, you have to at the very least assign a scope, > netmask, and default gateway before the server can dole out IPs. > Don't get the dhcp client confused with the dhcpd server. > > Oh yes and I did forget one thing in /etc/rc.conf it is a goot idea > to add; > ifconfig_YOUR-INTERFACE="dhcp" > > so that rc.networks will start the whole dhclient routine... > > "Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Mikel, > > > > However, dhcpd will automatically get that setup from the server. > > My dhcpd daemon auto-configured itself on install. > > > > - -- Jonathan M. Slivko > > > > ~~~~ > > Jonathan M. Slivko > > Systems Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services > > IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network > > Pager: (917) 388-5304 > > Website: http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/ > > (PGP Key @ http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc) > > ~~~~ > > - ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mikel" > > To: > > Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" > > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 3:09 > > PM > > Subject: Re: Road Runner and FreeBSD > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > # $FreeBSD: src/etc/dhclient.conf,v 1.2 1999/08/27 23:23:41 > > > peter Exp $ # > > > # This file is required by the ISC DHCP client. > > > # See ``man 5 dhclient.conf'' for details. > > > # > > > # In most cases an empty file is suffient for most people > > > as the # defaults are usually fine. > > > # > > > > > > > > > interface "YOUR INTERFACE" { > > > send host-name "YOUR HOSTNAME"; > > > send dhcp-client-identifier YOUR MAC ADDRESS; > > > request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, > > > routers, > > > domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name; > > > require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers; > > > } > > > > > > > > > a MAC address looks like 00:d0:b7:e6:fd:22 > > > > > > This is from a working system that is on RR in NY. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Mikel > > > > > > > > > Jim Knoll wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I am having problems with my dsl provider, so I am > > > > contemplating switching to Road Runner cable modem service. > > > > Presently, my FreeBSD box is running ipfw, natd, and samba > > > > for one win95 client. I have my static ip from telocity > > > > registered with dyndns.org. Will I be able to maintain a > > > > similar setup with Road Runner? I understand I need to use > > > > dhcp, but is there anything else required? I saw something > > > > on the net that indicated a login script was required. Is > > > > that correct? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > > > > message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use > > > > > > iQA/AwUBOtdYtT4aolq8K4tFEQLFVwCgxDqzMldbDeR5quQQz25AkfhfiRUAoMq3 > > FHC26SAI/4LLenkDplAPjI3q > > =8Blg > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use iQA/AwUBOtdciz4aolq8K4tFEQJumgCffS73FEoPCa8B/CF75MlcRIaFtAYAnjZf dAMKaafmeRHaRQilGSMJ7teX =WT/G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message