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From: David Gerard <fun@thingy.apana.org.au>
Subject: dhclient problems in 5.3-RELEASE
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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?


- d.