dhcp

[Brian H]

>From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould at datawok.com>
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>Subject: Re: dhcp
>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:06:01 -0600
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>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.

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