Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:00:39 +0200 From: Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com> To: Antoine Solomon <asolomon15@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help setting up dhcp client Message-ID: <a64c109e05033017007a766a6f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ec79d76105033016485f57b110@mail.gmail.com> References: <ec79d761050330155766eed0a2@mail.gmail.com> <a64c109e05033016216af57450@mail.gmail.com> <ec79d76105033016485f57b110@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:48:50 -0500, Antoine Solomon <asolomon15@gmail.com> wrote: > I had it just like th is > ifconfig_dc0="DHCP" > > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 02:21:52 +0200, Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:57:00 -0500, Antoine Solomon > > <asolomon15@gmail.com> wrote: > > > hello all, > > > > > > My cable provider just changed my ip address and for some reason my > > > dhcp client is unable to pick that ip address up or netmask up. I > > > tried using ifconfig inet "my ipaddress" netmask "255.255.255.0" but > > > no luck. I also tried oneof my windows systems and it seemed to > > > pick it up fine. Can anyone help? > > > > > > -- > > > Antoine W. Solomon Jr. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > Try this > > > > # dhclient <interfacename> > > > > you can also add it to /etc/rc.conf > > ifconfig_<interfacename>="DHCP" > > > > -- > > Kind regards > > Abu Khaled > > > > -- > Antoine W. Solomon Jr. > Try this # dhclient -r dc0 # dhclient -v dc0 and check the results also check the file /var/db/dhclient.leases PS: Do you have a firewall configured? -- Kind regards Abu Khaled
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