----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brian Henning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "freebsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:53 AM Subject: Re: isp connection woes
> Brian Henning wrote: > > I have ATTBI for an isp, someone told me that the IP TTL is expiring on the way > > to the server. Their network design supports no more than 16 hops on the way to > > a DHCP server, > > but increasing the (hard-coded) TTL > > (at line 159 in /usr/src/contrib/isc-dhcp/common/packet.c) can help fix the > > problem. > > I would like to manually try to connect to my isp before i try changing the code > > for DHCP. > > I got my network info from my lrp operating system. I would like to switch that > > to bsd. > > can i use traceroute to find out the number of hops i am currently taking to get > > to my isp's dhcp server? > > Don't see why not, assuming: > 1) The DHCP server returns icmp echo requests > 2) You know the IP of the DHCP server > > > manual configuration > > -------------------- > > ifconfig_rl0="inet 66.41.139.87 netmask 255.255.248.0" #66.41.139.87/21 > > ifconfig_rl1="inet 192.168.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > > > default_router="66.41.136.1 rl0" > > This should be: > defaultrouter="66.41.136.1" > > > default_router="192.168.1.254 rl1" > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > This is wrong. Don't put that in. > > > domain the-matrix.net > > nameserver 63.240.76.19 > > nameserver 204.127.198.19 > > This goes in your /etc/resolv.conf > > > is there anything else i need to manually connect to my isp? > > As long as they allow the use of that IP, no. You should be > good to go. > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > Bill, Why do i not need to have two default routes, I have 2 networks? I am sure you are correct, I guess i just don't understand why. is there a way i can find out the ip addr of my dhcp server? does this even work: default_router="192.168.1.254 rl1" Thanks again for the help, Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
