IPv4 Problem

[B.Hansson]

Nils Ivanson skrev:

> Hi im sorry if this gets a duplicate:
> 
> I just wanted to declare that im using the following
> - d-link dsl-300g II
> - (FreeBSD 5.3 beta)
> - Glocalnet is my ISP
> 
> Hi!
> I have a huge problem getting on the internet on FreeBSD... When i'm
> trying to install and i need to get an IP from my ADSL-modem it says
> that the submask is incorrect... This is the same values as i get
> then...
> http://pestil3nce.mine.nu/pub/images/my%20current%20ip.PNG
> 
> i havn't succeded to configure my modem to let me use static ip on the
> computer (i'm using my public ip)... But somehow, in the configuration
> of the modem it seems to me that the submask IS correct... The submask
> in the modem is 255.255.255.0 but the submask i get by the DHCP server
> in the modem is 255.255.255.255. Linux (the tool dhcpcd) accepts this,
> same do windows (xp is the only i have tried), BUT FreeBSD-setup dont
> accept this submask.
> 
> Please help me to get this to work.
> 
> // Nils, Sweden
> 
Killall -HUP dhcpd

After every change you make to the ip numbers.