From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 16:59:16 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CD2B16A4DD for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:59:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from thingy.apana.org.au (thingy.apana.org.au [203.12.237.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55CEB43D39 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:59:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fun@thingy.apana.org.au) Received: from fun by thingy.apana.org.au with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cxpkd-0004y2-00 for ; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 03:59:11 +1100 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 03:59:11 +1100 From: David Gerard To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050206165910.GA7930@thingy.apana.org.au> References: <20050123183343.GD21544@thingy.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050123183343.GD21544@thingy.apana.org.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Subject: WORKAR?OUND: dhclient problems in 5.3-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 16:59:16 -0000 David Gerard (fun@thingy.apana.org.au) [050124 05:34]: > This afternoon, I set up a new machine with 5.3-RELEASE. Started with three > 5.3-beta5 floppies, told it I wanted 5.3-RELEASE from a CD-R, installed > minimal base, man pages and ports, created two users. > On reboot, I ran dhclient and it completely failed to get an IP address. > But I know the cable is good and the DHCP server is working, because I > booted the box in question into Windows and it grabbed an IP just fine. So > where do I start on diagnosing what's up with this installation? Workaround: I downloaded dhclient-2.0pl5 from isc.org and installed that. And it works fine. That's a crusty and not thoroughly secure version, but this box is behind NAT and a firewall so is safe enough for now. Since I installed 5.3-RELEASE as a minimal base-only system specifically so as to install as much as possible from ports for upgradability, I hope that doesn't foul that up! - d.