help setting up dhcp client - FreeBSD

[Antoine]

hello all,

My cable provider just changed my ip address and for some reason my
dhcp client is unable to pick that ip address up or netmask up. I
tried using ifconfig inet "my ipaddress" netmask "255.255.255.0" but
no luck. I also tried oneof my windows systems and it seemed to
pick it up fine. Can anyone help?

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Antoine W. Solomon Jr.

[Abu]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:57:00 -0500, Antoine Solomon
<com> wrote: 

Try this

# dhclient <interfacename>

you can also add it to /etc/rc.conf
ifconfig_<interfacename>="DHCP"

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Kind regards
Abu Khaled

[Abu]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:48:50 -0500, Antoine Solomon
<com> wrote: 
> >
> > Try this
> >
> > # dhclient <interfacename>
> >
> > you can also add it to /etc/rc.conf
> > ifconfig_<interfacename>="DHCP"
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards
> > Abu Khaled
> >[/ref]
>
> --
> Antoine W. Solomon Jr.
>[/ref]

Try this
# dhclient -r dc0
# dhclient -v dc0
and check the results
also check the file /var/db/dhclient.leases

PS: Do you have a firewall configured?

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Kind regards
Abu Khaled