Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 13:19:27 -0400 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Kartik Narayan <kartik@irdu.nus.edu.sg> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhcpc and ed3 interface Message-ID: <19980408131927.45707@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408113325.14995I-100000@googoo.dyn.ml.org>; from Kartik Narayan on Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 11:35:49AM %2B0800 References: <19980407224839.64875@numachi.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408113325.14995I-100000@googoo.dyn.ml.org>
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On Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 11:35:49AM +0800, Kartik Narayan wrote: > Have you built enough bpf devices in /dev? I had a similar problem and > it was (embarassingly) pointed out to me that I did not have enough of > them. Make bpf0 through 4 and try. Well, the kernel line says '4', so I made bpf[0-3]. Should I have build up to 4? Even still, it wasn't bitching about not being able to open a bpf device, it was claiming my ed3 interface 'wan't configured for dhcp'. > Alternatively you can try using the > isc-dhcp client. (www.isc.org). Works quite well for me, and yes, I'm > using a NE2000 clone too... Yours is the second suggestion to try the isc-dhcp client. I had gotten the impression from the mail archives that the wide-dhcpc client was more solid. Does the general public (ie. us :0 have a good 'feel' for which of these clients is presently more stable? > regards > ____________________________________________________________________________ > Kartik Narayan kartik@letterbox.com > National University of Singapore http://googoo.dyn.ml.org -- Brian Reichert reichert@numachi.com 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Current daytime number: (617)-873-4337 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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