Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 03:59:11 +1100 From: David Gerard <fun@thingy.apana.org.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: WORKAR?OUND: dhclient problems in 5.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <20050206165910.GA7930@thingy.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20050123183343.GD21544@thingy.apana.org.au> References: <20050123183343.GD21544@thingy.apana.org.au>
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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.
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