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Date:      Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:52:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Greg Lewis <glewis@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Netbooting 4.8
Message-ID:  <16206.5920.737286.654120@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20030828064336.GA70254@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
References:  <20030828064336.GA70254@misty.eyesbeyond.com>

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Greg Lewis writes:

 > bootpc_init: wired to interface 'de0'
 > Sending DHCP discover packet from interface de0 (00:00:f8:06:5f:f3)
 > DHCP/BOOTP timeout for server 255.255.255.255
 > 
 > and the last line just repeats ad infinitum.
 > 

Do you see the dhcp requests/responses coming across the wire if you
run tcpdump on the server? If not, the de0 interface often fails to
autoneg properly, but it should listen to speed/duplex hints from the
firmware.  Try hardcoding the speed/duplex settings via the ewa0_mode
variable.

Drew



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