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Subject: Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying
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At 01:56 PM 8/8/2008, Markus Vervier wrote:
3) Boot FreeBSD. Let it pass the DHCP phase (ifconfig_em0="DHCP") until
>login appears.
>4) Attach the cable to the NIC.
>5) Voila... no link.
><-->

If you manually type,
dhclient em0

does it work for you then ?

         ---Mike