Bill & FreeBSD-Questions,
This configuration is not as intuitive as I thought it would be.
In /etc/rc.conf I added the following strings:
############################
network_interfaces="lo0 dc0"
ifconfig_dc0="DHCP"
############################
"Then I deleted the entries in dhclient.conf and relied on the
default. I started the daemon by [dhclient dc0] and it
seemed to be processing. However, that was all that
happened. When I [ifconfig dc0] I get this return:"
#############################
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ifconfig dc0
dc0 flags = 8843<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX,
MULTICAST> MTU 1500
inet6 fe:80::2c0:f0ff:fe79:4ab7%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 0.0.0.0 net mask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
ether 00:01:02:c3:40:1a
media Ethernet auto select (100base<full duplex>)
status: active
###############################
"Then I tried to ping a host..."
###############################
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ping www.yahoo.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ping 24.199.105.1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ping www.absolutebsd.org
Ping: Cannot resolve www.yahoo.com
hostname lookup failure, etc.
###############################
"However somehow when I run a report the system
indicates that UDP packets are being transmitted but the
statistics are highly skewed at a rate of
11290 IKPTS : 38 OPKTS"
I was reading Greg Lehey's book "The Complete
FreeBSD" which happens to have more information on
DHCP,DNS, BIND than "Absolute BSD" by Michael Lucas and
Greg says that in order for dhcp to work you must start dhcpd,
am I reading this correctly. I assumed that dhcpd would provide
DHCP for the private network (in my case), I did not think that
my default gateway would rely on dhcpd in order to function.
Now I have 2 questions:
*must I configure dhcpd now?
*must I configure dns (resolv.conf, named, etc.)?
*does DHCP rely on the two configurations list above to data?
Thank you in advance for your help?
HZS
-----Original Message-----
From: "Hakim Z. Singhji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Aug 11, 2004 12:32 PM
To: Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DHCP and rc Questions For FreeBSD 4.10???
Alright, thank you Bill...I will let you know how I fair.
Cheers
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Aug 11, 2004 9:25 AM
To: "Hakim Z. Singhji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DHCP and rc Questions For FreeBSD 4.10???
Wrap your likes around 72 characters.
All you need in /etc/rc.conf is:
network_interfaces="lo0 dc0"
ifconfig_dc0="DHCP"
Everything else you added is just re-affirming the default values.
"Hakim Z. Singhji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been researching this issue although it may be minor I don't like to rely on
> the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" unless I have to. I'm sure you understand...anyway,
> http:www.freebsddiary.com has a tutorial that with info I could not find in "The
> Complete FreeBSD" or "Absolute BSD". It described two entries; one in dhclient.conf
> and the other in rc.conf. See Below:
>
> ###########################
> dhclient.conf
> ###########################
> interface "dc0"{
> send host-name "redgate";
> request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers, domain-name-servers, domain-name,
> time-servers;
> require domain-name-servers;
>
> ###########################
> rc.conf
> ###########################
> ifconfig_dc0="DHCP" #IS THIS VARIABLE DECLARATION CASE SENSITIVE???
> hostname="redgate"
>
> ###########################
>
> The question I have now is if this is all I have to do to get dhcp running at
> startup? I anyone else has any suggestions they are welcome. Unfortunately I cannot
> test this until the evening so feedback will be very helpful and will save me some
> time researching. Thanks in advance.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Hakim Z. Singhji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Aug 11, 2004 11:24 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: DHCP and rc Questions For FreeBSD 4.10???
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have installed FreeBSD 4.10 to serve as a headless gateway/router/firewall/NAT.
> The first problem that I have run into can probably be resolved easily. I tried to
> configure my NIC card via sysinstaller. However, rc.conf does not have a startup
> variable for "dc0". Therefore dhclient is inoperable.
>
> I built this box to be headless therefore it is low-tech with no floppy or flash
> drive and is currently a stand-alone machine so I am not able to copy the rc.conf
> file to this post. "dc0" is working because I can bring its status to active
> manually: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ifconfig dc0 ether up'.
>
> I was wondering what what variables should be assigned to rc.conf, the related
> variables I have thus far are:
>
> ##########################
> ifconfig_dc0="dhcp"
> dhcp_program="/sbin/dhclient"
> dhcp_flags=" "
> ##########################
>
> It would be appreciated if someone could attach or copy an rc.conf file for a
> similar system configuration. Thanks in advance.
>
> HZS
>
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