From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 22:30:44 2003 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 6E6CF37B401 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 22:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD9843FA3 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 22:30:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rjhalljr@starpower.net) Received: from 66-44-55-150.s404.tnt1.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com ([66.44.55.150] helo=sten.alder.net) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 19HGks-00057g-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 18 May 2003 01:30:43 -0400 Received: by sten.alder.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 18 May 2003 01:28:14 -0400 Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 01:28:14 -0400 From: "Bob Hall" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030518052814.GA484@sten.alder.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bob Hall , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: Cable modem & DHCP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 05:30:44 -0000 I'm trying to connect a FBSD box to a cable modem. I'm getting the following message at startup immediately after the dmesg lines relating to rlphy0: ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested address. I assume that refers to ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" but I have no idea how to fix it so that the address gets assigned. The FBSD box is the gateway for my LAN, and I normally run NAT and an ipfw firewall w/ tcp.blackhole and udp.blackhole set to 2, but I've disabled NAT and the firewall and reset blackhole to 0 for both protocols while I try to set up the cable modem. Can anyone tell me how to assign the requested address? configuration info: $ uname -a FreeBSD sten.alder.net 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Sat Dec 7 18:48:43 E ST 2002 root@sten.alder.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/STEN2 i386 $ less rc.conf hostname="sten.alder.net" inetd_enable="YES" network_interfaces="rl0 lo0" ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" kern_securelevel_enable="NO" firewall_enable="NO" named_enable="YES" named_flags="-b /etc/namedb/named.conf" portmap_enable="YES" $ ifconfig rl0 rl0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 ether 00:40:05:80:44:4b media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active $ netstat -r Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire 0 link#4 UC 1 0 rl0 => default 192.168.0.1 UGSc 26 3 rl0 0.255.255.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWb 3 9 rl0 localhost localhost UH 0 2 lo0