Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:40:45 -0500 From: "Cameron Haegle" <chaegle@attbi.com> To: "Daemon" <daemon@ircee.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Trouble with DHCP client Message-ID: <MGECLFEJFOACEEEMHEKLAEKOCKAA.chaegle@attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <200209111030.g8BAUOv7007473@zapper.org>
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Thanks for the response. I do have this line in my rc.conf. Pardon me asking this potentially stupid question, but is there a possibility that my cable provider (AT&T Broadband) is preventing my system from negotiating the DHCP request? Cam -----Original Message----- From: Daemon [mailto:daemon@ircee.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:30 AM To: Cameron Haegle Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble with DHCP client Check to make sure you have ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" in your /etc/rc.conf Regards Mark On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:08:18 -0500 "Cameron Haegle" <chaegle@attbi.com> wrote: > So I am attempting to bring my FreeBSD router back online with my cable > modem and the Ethernet device simply fails to obtain an address. > > I have installed 4.6.2 and the NIC is a 3COM supported by the xl0 device > driver. This same NIC had worked about one year ago, in the same system, > until I lost the hard drive. > > The network at work also supports DHCP, so I brought the system in and > connected it. Lo and behold it successfully got an address and worked, > without any help from me. > > At home again whenever I attempt to execute 'dhclient xl0' all I receive is > the help screen. What am I doing wrong here? > > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > Cameron > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- The FoxSurfer Group Admin FoxSurfer.Com FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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