Re: OpenBSD : DHCP Client Problem

["Fehmi Noyan Isi _EEE01" <fni18444_(_at_)_mail2_(_dot_)_gantep_(_dot_)_edu_(_dot_)_tr>]

Unfortunatelly this did not work!
I ganna get crazy!!!

System : OpenBSD 3.5 i386
         NetMaster Cable Modem
         Realtek 8139 Ethernet adapter 

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:11:44 -0400, Jason Opperisano wrote
> On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 17:17, Fehmi Noyan Isi _EEE01 wrote:
> > First of all I read the FAQ and man pages related with this topic.
> > I have two network adapters and I will use one of the for internet 
connection 
> > (rl0).
> > I first edit /etc/hostname.rl0
> >  #echo "dhcp" > /etc/hostname.rl0
> > then
> >  #route flush
> >  #dhclient rl0
> > This assigns IP adresses as follows...
> >  DHCPOFFER from 192.168.100.1
> >  DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 on port 67
> >  DHCPACK from 192.168.100.1
> >  New Network Number : 192.168.100.0
> >  New Broadcast Address : 192.168.100.255
> > And the "ifconfig rl0" gives
> >  ...
> >  status : active
> >  ..
> >  ..
> >  inet : 192.168.100.2
> > Then I try to ping somewhere (ie google), the system caanot "route"!
> > The /etc/resolv.conf includes
> >  nameserver 192.168.100.1


This is waht was suggested

> try this:
> 
> power off the modem.
> 
> make sure the openbsd machine is connected to it via ethernet cable.
> 
> make sure all dhclient processes are killed:
> 
>   ps auxww | grep dhclient
> 
> will show you if you have any processes running
> 
> if you do, kill each one with:
> 
>   kill $PID_OF_DHCLIENT
> 
> remove the dhclient.leases file:
> 
>   rm -f /var/db/dhclient.leases
> 
> power on the modem--make sure it gets connected on the WAN side.
> 
> once everything's green on the WAN side of the modem, run:
> 
>   dhclient rl0
> 
> no guarantees, but it sounds like either:
> 
> (a) your modem isn't connected on the WAN side and is handing you a
> default DHCP lease
> 
> (b) your modem has the MAC address of a previous machine cached wherever
> modems cache such things.
> 
> HTH...
> 
> -j
> 
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