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Date:      Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:29:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net>
To:        Jeffrey Bernt <bernt@usa.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DHCP
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.981009172810.19668d-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org>
In-Reply-To: <000701bdf3b2$06e7ba60$2e8ad38c@cyberc.oit.edu>

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On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Jeffrey Bernt wrote:

> I can not get dhcp (wide or isc, both of which are in the
> distribution cds) to work correctly. It will not even acknowledge that
> the dhcp server is out there, nor will it assign me an IP. Should I just

You could try for a static IP, yes, but first, have you verified that your
ethernet card is working properly, and that FreeBSD is recognizing it?  It
would show up in your startup messages on doing a "dmesg" command; an
NE2000-compatible card would probably show up as de0. 

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