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gabriel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   So I updated everything to the latest 5.x source and installed just
> fine. I've installed and loaded the ndis driver for my D-Link DWL-520
> and it is recognized by the system, however, I'm having a hell of a
> hard time trying to get it to pull an ip address from my DHCP server.
> 
> My AP is a linksys WAP11 v2 and its configured using the 68bit HEX
> encryption because on 128 ifconfig complains that the string is too
> long. Has anyone got any pointers?  ideas?
> 
> Cheers!
> 

Let's have a look at your /etc/rc.conf file.

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Best regards,
Chris

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