Michael K. Smith - Adhost wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
>> n...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Julian Elischer
>> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 4:00 PM
>> To: Doug Barton
>> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: Wacky DHCP values that work in windows but not in FreeBSD
>>
>> Doug Barton wrote:
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> I usually have a wireless router connected directly to the
> AT&T/Yahoo
>>> DSL modem but last night I wanted to do some debugging so I plugged
>> my
>>> laptop directly into the modem (after powering off the modem, etc.).
>>>
>>> The values I got back from DHCP not only don't make sense, they
>> didn't
>>> work in FreeBSD at all. Dual-booting to Windows showed that the
>> values
>>> I saw from DHCP were "correct," and somehow they managed to work.
>>> Taking a closer look at the router after I plugged it back in showed
>>> the same.
>>>
>>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 76.212.147.xxx
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 151.164.184.xxx
>> huh?
>>
>> only way this could work would be if it was marked as "point to point"
>> I think..
>
> That could be a primary IP address on an interface on which your 76
> address is a sub interface.
Can you specify what you mean by 'that'?
> The interface will do proxy-arp when a
> traffic request comes in. Or something else! I'm not sure if this will
> work, but you could actually hard code your default gateway with a
> -hopcount 2 (or higher) and see if that works. I've not tried it on a
> live machine. Something like route add default 151.164.184.xxx
> -hopcount 5. You may have to delete the DHCP-assigned entry first.
Ah, I didn't know about -hopcount, thanks. There was no default route
installed at all when I booted. I tried 'route add default 151...'
even though I was sure it wouldn't work, and I was not disappointed.
Doug
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