Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:35:10 -0800 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ask_Bj=F8rn_Hansen?= <ask@develooper.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP client not getting IP address from Time Warner Message-ID: <13160026-88A5-42F7-8431-54D624AA7B7F@develooper.com> In-Reply-To: <36028DC7-4A90-4680-83ED-301FBE15F09C@develooper.com> References: <36028DC7-4A90-4680-83ED-301FBE15F09C@develooper.com>
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On Nov 3, 2009, at 7:47, Ask Bj=F8rn Hansen wrote: > On FreeBSD their DHCP server seems to just ignore me (but I see lots = of broadcast replies to 255.255.255.255/ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff). I've tried = with both the standard dhclient and the isc dhclient from ports. Hi everyone, I just wanted to follow-up on my own mail to tell that the problem is = "solved". Cloning the mac address from my mac seemed to work once, but not = consistently. I never found out exactly what the OS X and the FreeBSD dhcp client are = doing differently, but after turning off the cable modem again for a = longer while the FreeBSD dhcp client got an IP. For some reason it appears that OS X is able to "move" the IP to another = mac address/client much faster; but honestly after getting it working on = the FreeBSD box I didn't want to fuzz with it anymore as it's working = where I want it now. Thanks to everyone who helped with suggestions, questions and advice! - ask --=20 http://develooper.com/ - http://askask.com/
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