Trouble getting box connected

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Harley

rc.conf
Code: 
hostname="xxxxxxxxxxxxx.net"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
defaulrouter="192.168.1.1"
inetd_enable="YES"
resolv.conf
Code: 
nameserver 192.168.1.1
nameserver 192.167.1.2
hosts
Code: 
::1    localhost localhost.net
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.net
hosts.conf
Code: 
order   bind,hosts
multi on
nospoof on
dns
When I try to ping 8.8.8.8 all it says is "no route to host". During boot up I see it say "network is unreachable". I have been away from bsd FreeBSD for quite a while.
 
Harley said:
rc.conf
Code: 
hostname="xxxxxxxxxxxxx.net"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
defaulrouter="192.168.1.1"
inetd_enable="YES"
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Default router is one of the things autoconfigured by DHCP. Don't set it manually when using DHCP. Also, why are you running inetd(8)?

resolv.conf
Code: 
nameserver 192.168.1.1
nameserver 192.167.1.2
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Likewise, DNS is configured by DHCP. /etc/resolv.conf is overwritten when dhclient(8) gets a lease.

hosts.conf
Code: 
order   bind,hosts
multi on
nospoof on
dns
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Why are you doing this?
 
Running the inetd for FTP (this is the way I remember doing it).

I'm trying different things to try to get the box connected, on install I see it get the lease with DHCP but I never get a connection to the Internet. Fresh install ifconfig just shows 0.0.0.0. I can't figure out why it won't pull IP.
 
rc.conf
Code: 
hostname="xxxxxxxxxxxxx.net"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
inetd_enable="YES"
host.conf
Code: 
hosts
dns
resolv.conf
Code:
Changed back to this.
 
rc.conf
Code: 
hostname="xxxxxxxxxxxxx.net"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
inetd_enable="YES"
resolv.conf
Code:
hosts.conf
Code: 
hosts
dns
These are the current values.
 
Disabled inetd in rc.conf.

ifconfig
Code: 
rl0: flags=8843<UP,RUNNING,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> METRIC 0 MTU 1500
options=2008<VLAN_MTU,WOL_MAGIC>
ETHER 00:08:A1:A2:be:0f
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: Ethernet Autoselect (100baseTX <full duplex>)
status: active
 
# service netif stop rl0
Code: 
Stopping dhclient.
Stopping Network: rl0.
rl0: flags=8843<UP,RUNNING,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> METRIC 0 MTU 1500
options=2008<VLAN_MTU,WOL_MAGIC>
ETHER 00:08:A1:A2:be:0f
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: Ethernet Autoselect (100baseTX <full duplex>)
status: active
 
dhclient rl0
Code: 
rl0 has a bad address
DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
 
# dhclient rl0
Code: 
APR 28 16:52:52 mydomain.net routed[1992]: rl0 has a bad address
DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6

That was the full output, sorry.
 
Harley said:
Running the inetd for FTP (this is the way I remember doing it).

I'm trying different things to try to get the box connected, on install I see it get the lease with DHCP but I never get a connection to the Internet. Fresh install ifconfig just shows 0.0.0.0. I can't figure out why it won't pull IP.
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By chance, is your internet service provider Comcast? Comcast requires a domain name in the DHCP request. Without that, DHCP won't get the IP and sets the interface to 0.0.0.0.

If YES (= Comcast), you need to somehow figure out the connection specific DNS-suffix, which is something like ????.mo.comcast.net. I cannot tell it exactly, since I am not in the US. Then edit the file /etc/dhclient.conf to the following:

Code: 
interface "rl0"
{
    send host-name "????.mo.comcast.net";
    request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
    domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name;
    require host-name;
}

Replace ????.mo.comcast.net with the exact DNS suffix. I guess, .mo. in there may be the code of Missouri, but again I cannot figure this out from outside the US.
 
I'm on sudden link, I've been connected with a FreeBSD box before, that's what's crazy. Never had a problem before.
 
Harley said:
I'm on sudden link, I've been connected with a BSD box before, that's what's crazy.
Never had a problem before.
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Can you connect from a PC with a different OS?
 
Harley said:
dhclient rl0
Code: 
[color="Red"]rl0 has a bad address[/color]
DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
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That's probably the problem. But why is routed(8) running? Have you restarted the machine?
 
Ok I rebooted and stopped rl0, then
# dhclient rl0
Code: 
DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping
 
Well, that's an improvement. Your system is asking for a lease, but no DHCP server is responding. Usually that is done by the router, although some people may get a DHCP lease from their ISP. A firewall could be in the way, or maybe the DHCP server is configured to only respond to certain MAC addresses.
 
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