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Date:      Sat, 08 Feb 2003 13:35:50 -0500
From:      Laszlo Vagner <freebsd@vagner.com>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        Brian H <b1henning@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: connecting to my isp
Message-ID:  <3E454E06.6010607@vagner.com>
References:  <F33G9Vbj2ltpNebT9s40000ae44@hotmail.com> <3E454939.5080700@potentialtech.com>

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Bill Moran wrote:

> Brian H wrote:
>
>> I am trying to switch my router from Linux Router Project to FBSD 4.7 
>> because i think i can get more functionality with bsd :) I am running 
>> into a problem with getting it connected to my isp.
>>
>> i have a cable connection and the way that the LRP connection is 
>> through dhcp. it uses the mac address as a means to authenticate.
>
>
> What do you mean?  Do you mean that your ISP will only give you an IP
> if your MAC is registered?  Is your MAC on this machine registered?
>
>> What turn on "DHCP" in /stand/sysinstall configure networking menu.
>
>
> When it asks you if you want to use DHCP and you say 'yes'.
>
>> It just hung there for a while and then returned no information from 
>> the dhcp server.
>
>
> During installation?  Or are you doing post-config?  Can you ALT+F4 (I 
> think
> it's F4, might be F3) and see any errors wrt DHCP?
>
>> Is there anything i can do to just get connnected to my isp?
>
>
> This has worked fine every time I've done it.
>
I have comcast and can DHCP it fine, my GF has ATTBI cable and i cant 
get it to DHCP for the life of me
although i can manually put in the settings and it will work. both 
systems are 4.7-stable.

both work with windows2000 fine though.




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