[linux-help] Re: dhcp client question

[Bruce Bales <bbales@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a relative newby and know nothing about FreeBSD, but:
1. In Linux, ifconfig shows the state of your ethernet connections.  Does BSD 
have this?
2. In Linux, dhcpcd will often re-establish a lost connection.  Does BSD have 
this?
3. Both of the cable modems I have used (both surfboards) have an inquiry 
function that can be looked at by browsing to
192.168.100.1.  From there you can look at the signal strength, noise ratio, 
and lots of other goodies.  Does this work on your
modem?

bruce

"gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" wrote:

> Recently, I've moved from Wichita to Hesston and every night around 6pm my
> internet connection dies...  all the lights on my cablemodem (BestData)
> are the way they should be, but I can't get past my cable modem...  I
> e-mailed RR's tech support which hasn't been a whole lot of help yet
> (however, I am runnning FreeBSD, so I wasn't expecting a lot)...  they
> think it has something to do w/ my dhcp client (dhclient) and the lenght
> of the IP lease...  i looked at my /var/db/dhclient.leases and this is the
> info it has for my latest lease:
>
>   interface "dc0";
>   fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
>   option subnet-mask 255.255.252.0;
>   option routers 24.166.132.1;
>   option ien116-name-servers 24.94.195.33,24.94.195.32,24.94.163.33;
>   option domain-name-servers 24.94.195.33,24.94.195.32,24.94.163.33;
>   option domain-name "KSCABLE.com";
>   option broadcast-address 255.255.255.255;
>   option dhcp-lease-time 86400;
>   option dhcp-message-type 5;
>   option dhcp-server-identifier 24.94.195.32;
>   renew 6 2001/8/4 13:59:12;
>   rebind 6 2001/8/4 22:59:12;
>   expire 0 2001/8/5 01:59:12;
>
> anyone out there run FreeBSD with a similar problem?  It worked fine in
> Slackware and FreeBSD when I was in Wichita, but after moving this keeps
> happening...  and to bring the connection back up, i unplug the modem for
> a few seconds (usually about 10) and plug it back in...  and as soon as
> it's re-established the connection, I can ping again...  starting and
> stopping dhclient doesn't seem to produce anything except setting my IP
> address to 192.168.0.1 which obviously won't work...
>
> Do I need to change how long it waits before obtaining a new lease or
> something else w/ dhclient?  my dhclient.conf file is empty now...
>
> Thanks,
> gLaNDix
>
> <<< lloydix.2y.net FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Thu Jul 5 06:16:31 CDT 2001 
> glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LLOYDIX >>>
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