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Subject: RE: dell broadcom nic & fbsd 7.1 AMD64
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>> ifconfig_bce0="inet 10.2.17.8 netmask 255.255.0.0"
>>
>>>and output from:
>>>
>>>   dhclient bc0
>>
>> I ran that on a local machine and it hung up the interface, requiring a warm reboot.
>>
>> I'll see what happens with my client's machine.
>>
>
>I assume you substituted the correct interface name? (bce0 in place of bc0)

yes, sorry, bc was my mistake, rc.conf has/always had

ifconfig_bce0="inet 10.2.17.8 netmask 255.255.0.0"

We are thinking about dropping back to 7.1 i386 (and losing the 600 MB RAM) or up to 7.2.

We have several Dell 1950/2950 with fbsd 7.0 and 7.1 that have had no problems with Broadcom.

Len