FreeBSD's refusal to connect to the internet

From: Colin Ryan (colin_ryan_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 09/11/03

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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:32:19 +0100

    I have a small network of three computers in my office here. Two Windows
    2000, and one FreeBSD 5.1. It's the BSD box that's giving me problems.

    My computers are connected to my modem via an ethernet switch. My modem is
    set up as a DHCP server, and my computers are DHCP enabled.
    When the input cable is disconnected from the modem (not the power, so it's
    still assigning IP addresses to my LAN) my BSD box picks up a valid internal
    IP address and subnet mask, it can ping and be pinged from all other
    computers on the LAN.

    However, when the input cable is connected to my modem, so it's connected to
    the internet, my BSD box receives nothing. When I do an ifconfig, it shows
    NO IP address and NO subnet mask.

    I tried "dhclient rl0" which didn't work, so I checked /var/log/messages and
    was told "dhcp cannot bind to address; address already in use." I then
    tried manually assigning an IP and subnet mask, which didn't work either.

    Getting FreeBSD online has been nothing but an ordeal, and I am about ready
    to throw in the towel. If anyone has any ideas, I would be very grateful
    indeed.

    Many thanks

    Colin

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