Evening all - new user of FreeBSD here - had to have something to do today with the in-laws in the house.
I'm planning on migrating my media server from Windows Home Server to FreeBSD. Before I commit to everything on the server, I'm trying to get FreeBSD up and running in a VM running on OSX to get a feel for it.
My problem is this. The first few times I created a new install networking worked just fine. However, after a certain point, I can't get an IP address assigned during the boot process. The frustrating part is that I can run dhclient right after login to get the IP address, but it seems like the rc.conf file isn't being read.
At this point I'm at a complete loss. Have done plenty of searching but can't find anything that helps. One clarifying note - this occurs on a brand new, fresh install. No edits to any files other than those made by sysinstall.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Contents of rc.conf
Output of ifconfig after login (for this interface)
Output of dhclient
Output of ifconfig after dhclient (for this interface)
I'm planning on migrating my media server from Windows Home Server to FreeBSD. Before I commit to everything on the server, I'm trying to get FreeBSD up and running in a VM running on OSX to get a feel for it.
My problem is this. The first few times I created a new install networking worked just fine. However, after a certain point, I can't get an IP address assigned during the boot process. The frustrating part is that I can run dhclient right after login to get the IP address, but it seems like the rc.conf file isn't being read.
At this point I'm at a complete loss. Have done plenty of searching but can't find anything that helps. One clarifying note - this occurs on a brand new, fresh install. No edits to any files other than those made by sysinstall.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Contents of rc.conf
Code:
hostname="test"
ifconfig_ed0="DHCP"
Output of ifconfig after login (for this interface)
Code:
ed0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:1c:42:06:d0:fd
media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)
Output of dhclient
Code:
DHCPREQUEST on ed0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 10.211.55.1
bound to 10.211.55.7 -- renewal in 302400 seconds.
Output of ifconfig after dhclient (for this interface)
Code:
ed0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:1c:42:06:d0:fd
inet 10.211.55.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.211.55.255
media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)