Configuring For Internet Access Using Router
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So here I go again.
I am having a problem getting my system properly configured. I have three
computers - 2 are WinXP Pro and one Free BSD. They are connected via a hub
and then to a Net Gear RT311 Gateway Router. This is then connected to a
cable modem. If I run my system with it configured as the files listed below
show, then it seems to works alright. However, that is not the way the router
manual says to do it.
The manual wants th OS to obtain an IP automatically.
The IP address of the PC is between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.31
The subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
The default gateway is 192.168.0.1
If I disable the lines in the dhclient.conf file and reboot, my system will no
longer make an Internet connection. Running nslookup will fail as well.
Neither of my two WinXP boxes exhibits this phenomena. Perhaps someone can
assist me with this . Also, when I access my router, it does not show a host
name, although it does for the other two computers, It lists the IP as
192.168.0.4 as well as it's MAC address. Why is it not displaying a host
name? It should, shouldn't it.
Thanks
Gerard Seibert
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System Info Below:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ifconfig -a
rl0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500
options=8VLAN_MTU
inet6 fe80::250:baff:fe40:6de1%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 192.168.0.4 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ether 00:50:ba:40:6d:e1
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX)
status: active
plip0: flags=8810POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST mtu 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ uname -a
FreeBSD rcn.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55
GMT 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
re.config file:
saver=logo
blanktime=3600
hostname=rcn.com
ifconfig_rl0=DHCP
linux_enable=YES[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ifconfig -a
lpd_enable=YES
named_enable=YES
named_flags=-u bind -g bind
sendmail_enable=NONE
sshd_enable=YES
usbd_enable=YES
ntpd_enable=YES
clear_tmp_enabled=YES
moused_flags=-z 4 5
moused_port=/dev/ums0
moused_type=auto
resolv.conf:
search rcn.com
nameserver 207.172.3.8
nameserver 207.172.3.9
nameserver 192.168.0.1
dhclient.conf:
interface rl0 {
prepend domain-name-servers 207.172.3.8, 207.172.3.9;
prepend domain-name rcn.com;
}
Runnihng ifconfig -a yields the following:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ifconfig -a
rl0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500
options=8VLAN_MTU
inet6 fe80::250:baff:fe40:6de1%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 192.168.0.4 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ether 00:50:ba:40:6d:e1
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX)
status: active
plip0: flags=8810POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST mtu 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
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Configuring For Internet Access
I am having a problem getting my system properly configured. I have three
computers - 2 are WinXP Pro and one Free BSD. They are connected via a hub
and then to a Net Gear RT311 Gateway Router. This is then connected to a
cable modem. If I run my system with it configured as the files listed below
show, then it seems to works alright. However, that is not the way the router
manual says to do it.
The manual wants th OS to obtain an IP automatically.
The IP address of the PC is between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.31
The subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
The default gateway is 192.168.0.1
If I disable the lines in the dhclient.conf file and reboot, my system will no
longer make an Internet connection. Running nslookup will fail as well.
Neither of my two WinXP boxes exhibits this phenomena. Perhaps someone can
assist me with this . Also, when I access my router, it does not show a host
name, although it does for the other two computers, It lists the IP as
192.168.0.4 as well as it's MAC address. Why is it not displaying a host
name? It should, shouldn't it.
Thanks
Gerard Seibert
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
System Info Below:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ifconfig -a
rl0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500
options=8VLAN_MTU
inet6 fe80::250:baff:fe40:6de1%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 192.168.0.4 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ether 00:50:ba:40:6d:e1
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX)
status: active
plip0: flags=8810POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST mtu 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ uname -a
FreeBSD rcn.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55
GMT 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
re.config file:
saver=logo
blanktime=3600
hostname=rcn.com
ifconfig_rl0=DHCP
linux_enable=YES[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ifconfig -a
lpd_enable=YES
named_enable=YES
named_flags=-u bind -g bind
sendmail_enable=NONE
sshd_enable=YES
usbd_enable=YES
ntpd_enable=YES
clear_tmp_enabled=YES
moused_flags=-z 4 5
moused_port=/dev/ums0
moused_type=auto
resolv.conf:
search rcn.com
nameserver 207.172.3.8
nameserver 207.172.3.9
nameserver 192.168.0.1
dhclient.conf:
interface rl0 {
prepend domain-name-servers 207.172.3.8, 207.172.3.9;
prepend domain-name rcn.com;
}
Runnihng ifconfig -a yields the following:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ifconfig -a
rl0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500
options=8VLAN_MTU
inet6 fe80::250:baff:fe40:6de1%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 192.168.0.4 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ether 00:50:ba:40:6d:e1
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX)
status: active
plip0: flags=8810POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST mtu 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
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Properly Configuring For Internet Access
I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1
I am forever having problems getting my computer to connect with the
internet and each other correctly.
I have three computers - two running WinXP Pro and one running FreeBSD
5.2.1. They are connected to a Netgear Hub, onto a Netgear Router and then
to my cable modem. The two Win XP machines have no problems networking
with each other or connecting to the internet through this configuration.
It seems that my FreeBSD machine does suffer problems from time to time
however with this setup.
In my resolv.conf file, I have the following:
domain rcn.com
nameserver 207.172.3.8
nameserver 207.172.3.9
My rc.conf file has the following pertinent entries:
Ifconfig_rl0=DHCP
rpcbind_enableYES
The FreeBSD installation program inserted those entries.
I have the following in my dhclient.conf file:
interface rl0 {
prepend domain-name-servers 207.172.3.8;
prepend domain-name-servers 207.172.3.9;
request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers, domain-name-servers;
require subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers;
}
What I am interested in knowing, is if this is the most efficient way of
setting up my connecting to the internet on this machine. Once I get that
cleared up, I will proceed to try to get the other two machines to
recognize this one and vice-versa.
Thanks for any assistance offered.
Gerard Seibert
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