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At 2010-09-23T11:17:48+05:30, N. Raghavendra wrote:

> I upgraded my system from 7.2-STABLE to 8.1-STABLE, and have done
> `mergemaster'.  Earlier the system used to get its IP address by
> DHCP at boot time without any problem.  After the upgrade, it is not
> doing so.  I have ifconfig_em0="DHCP" in /etc/rc.conf.

After searching the Web and rc.conf(5), I came across the "SYNCDHCP"
value for the ifconfig_<interface> variable.  So, either setting
ifconfig_em0="SYNCDHCP", or leaving ifconfig_em0="DHCP" as it is and
setting synchronous_dhclient="YES" in rc.conf works, and the system
gets an IP address from the DHCP server at boot time.

Regards,
Raghavendra.

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