Subject: Re: DHCP and RoadRunner Cable Modem
To: Analysis and Solutions <info@analysisandsolutions.com>
From: Jasper Wallace <jasper@pointless.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/28/2001 15:36:38
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Analysis and Solutions wrote:

> Hi Folks:
>
> Just installed NetBSD 1.5 (in a dual boot situation with Windows 95 and
> Windows NT 4.0).  Glad to be here.  Unfortunately, I can't get a connecion to
> the internet.  The link is via a RoadRunner cable modem using DHCP.  The
> modem is hooked to my machine via a 10 Base T Netgear FA 312 network adapter
> card.
>

> ================   ifconfig -a -u    =========================
> sip0: flags=fbff<UP,BROADCAST,DEBUG,LOOPBACK,POINTOPOINT,NOTRAILERS,
>    RUNNING,NOARP,PROMISC,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,LINK0,LINK1,LINK2,MULTICAST>
>    mtu 1500

Thats very odd - DEBUG ?, POINTOPOINT !?!, LOOPBACK !?!?!? LINK0,LINK1,LINK2 ???

There may be an ethernet driver bug here - does this card work normally?

What does ifconfig sip0 looklike before dhclient gets run on it (e.g. if you
boot into single user mode).

> =========   Windows NT IP Configuration    ===================
> F:\>ipconfig
> Ethernet adapter FA312ND45:
>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 66.65.114.128
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . : 66.65.114.1
> ==============================================================

could you post ipconfig /all too...

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