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From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
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Subject: Re: dhcp
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On Tuesday 27 January 2004 10:50 am, Brian H wrote:
> From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
> >
> >On Tuesday 27 January 2004 09:48 am, Brian H wrote:
> > > Greetings:
> > >
> > > I am trying to get dhclient to work on my laptop, but after a reboot
> >
> >there
> >
> > > is an entry in the /var/db/dhclient.leases and ifconfig produces
> > > 0.0.0.0 for inet.
> > > I took a look at /var/log/messages and there was nothing in there about
> > > dhclient or DHCP.
> > >
> > > any thoughts?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > brian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > rc.conf
> > > pccard_enable="YES"
> > > ifconfig_ep0="DHCP"
> > >
> > >
> > > ifconfig -a
> > > inet = 0.0.0.0
> >
> >Have you checked to ensure that the pcmcia card has been detected
> > properly? Have you tried configuring your card for DHCP using
> > /stand/sysinstall.
> >
> >Best of luck,
> >
> >Andrew Gould
>
> The PCMCIA Card is detected ep0 and a mac address is written to the screen.
> I did try /stand/sysinstall as well, but it doesn't seem to contact the
> dhcp server.

Have you tried a static ip to test everything except dhcp?  (Check the cable, 
ping the server, etc?)

Andrew Gould