On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:31:44 +0200 (EET), Juhani Reissell wrote: >Ok, got a new cable modem. Pretty good so far. Now, I just need to get >the DHCP client working. Haven't gotten too lucky with that so far. > >First, I just put the line >ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" >in rc.conf. > >That did something. Resolv.conf looked good and the leases file in >/var/db looked tremendous. But routing didn't work. Couldn't ping >anything: nameservers, the supposed default routers or anything. > >Then, to get something in the log files, I tried starting the dhclient >manually. Now, I see this: >mursu dhclient: New Network Number: 213.243.154.0 >mursu dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 213.243.155.255 >mursu dhclient: New IP Address (xl0): 213.243.155.19 >mursu dhclient: New Subnet Mask (xl0): 255.255.254.0 >mursu dhclient: New Broadcast Address (xl0):213.243.155.255 >mursu dhclient: New Routers: 213.243.154.1 >in /var/log/messages.
I don't know who your Cable provider is; however, I use AT&T boardband. I know you have to register your NIC if you change NICs (ie update the MAC address). I am pretty sure they do this with the MAC address on the cable modem as well. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
