[SOLVED] Re: Can my bhyve virtual machine get a dhcp request out of the local host?

On 5/10/23 9:18 PM, Olivier wrote:
> Steven Friedrich <freebsdlouisville@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Or do I have to enable a dhcp server on the local host?  Can I just
>> manually set an ip adx?  My Netgear router runs a dhcp server for my
>> network.  Perhaps the host machine is not passing the dhcp broadcasts to
>> the network?
> If your host is passing the dhcp requests correctly, you should see them
> exiting the host via the interface re0
>
> A
>          tcpdump -i re0 port 67 or port 68
> should show such requests.
>
> Eventually, you can run a similar requests on the virtual machine and on
> any machine on your LAN. dhcp requests are broadcasted so any device
> connected on your LAN would receive them.
>
> You should see the dhcp request packet on the VM and on the host
> interfcae re0 at the same time.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Olivier

Thank you so much, Oliver.  You added to my knowledge of TCP/IP. I saw 
the dhcp requests and realized my Netgear router has Access Control, and 
I configure it to block unknown devices, until I enable them 
specifically.  I enabled the new device and bada-bing, My guest got a 
address from my router.

Mystery solved.  Again, thank you so much.

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