dhcp problem, dont know what to do anymore

[Ryan Merrick]

Julio Maciel wrote:
> there is a very big txt log i made explaining all
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> well
> I just installed freeBSD on my home, (5.2.1), and everything goes ok, BUT, i cant get dhcp, working...
> on sysinstall, if I try to make my dhcp to be discovered, it freezes up, so i skiped this part
> and then
> after installing
> everytime i try to run dhclient i get this: (i use cable modem):
> DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
> DHCPOFFER from 200.167.40.1
> DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
> DHCPOFFER from 200.167.40.1
> DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> 
> and after this, it just goes on a infinite loop
> i tried tcpdump to help me, but i just understand a line of tcpdump... here is what is says:
> 
> any idea of how can i solve this???
> 
Hi,

What IP address are you getting ?  #ifconfig -a

What is in your #/etc/dhclient.conf ?


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