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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:26:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Xihong Yin <xyin@gmx.com>
To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: network problem on 8.2 stable
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> New to me.  Does the machine have any unusual settings, like a non-default 
> securelevel?

No. There are no unusual security settings.

On Fri, 18 Nov 2011, Warren Block wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Nov 2011, Xihong Yin wrote:
>
>> I set the adapter up.
>> 
>> Here is the output of 'dhclient em0'
>> 
>> DHCPREQUEST on em0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
>> DHCPACK from 192.168.3.1
>> bound to 192.168.3.41 -- renewal in 1800 seconds.
>> 
>> 'ifconfig em0' output is
>> 
>> em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>>        options=219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC>
>>        ether 00:26:b9:9d:30:dc
>>        inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
>>        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
>>        status: active
>> 
>> 'netstat -r' show there is no default route
>> 
>> Routing tables
>> 
>> Internet:
>> Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
>> 0.0.0.0            link#1             U           0        0    em0
>> localhost          link#14            UH          0       28    lo0
>> 
>> But I can set the adapter manually by
>> 
>> $ifconfig em0 inet 192.168.3.41/24
>> 
>> and it works.
>> 
>> The question is why dhclient can't get the ip address even a lease is 
>> obtained.
>
> New to me.  Does the machine have any unusual settings, like a non-default 
> securelevel?
>