Don't know what else to do with DHCP...help??

[David Daugherty]

> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:09 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Don't know what else to do with DHCP...help??

> when booting there is a long pause when the dhclient 
> starts....my guess is it is querying the server for the dhcp 
> info. however once it comes back up it shows me as having 
> BROADCAST of 255.255.255.255 and nothing I have done has 
> enabled me to fix it.
Just a shot in the dark on my part, but if you're trying to install with a
cable modem try power cycling the modem. I had a similar problem when
switched out my NICs. It would hang for about 1-2 minutes on the dhclient
part of the boot then not give me an IP.

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