dhclient and ADSL modem trouble...

[Chris Dionissopoulos]

Digital Brain wrote:

>> You sure the ISP doesn't use PPPeE?
>
>
> The modem acts as a bridge. All I have to do is turn it on; it then 
> synchronizes with the ISP's network (PPPoA). Then I just execute 
> dhcpcd eth0 from the linux machine (connected to the modem) and I'm 
> assigned an IP and a default gateway in mere seconds.
>
> Unfortunately, as simple as it is in linux, it doesn't seem to work 
> with freebsd...
> It should have worked with dhclient ed0, but the dhcp server's reply 
> gets lost somewhere.
>
Linux and freebsd you re trying,  running on same hardware (nic) ?
I'm saying that cause some ISPs lock their  "IP-offering"
with each client's hardware address (which is defined at first use).

Chris.