On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 07:51:41PM -0600, Matt wrote:
> hmph... when I leave the dhclient_flags="" I keep getting some sort of error
> msg but entering my ethernet interface (we1) keeps it shut up... and during
> startup I was watching it boot... and it was making requests for the DHCP
> lease to 255.255.255.255... port 67 or something... should I change that
> 255.255.255.255?? I'm guessing that may be the problem. My DHCP server's
> address is 192.168.1.1 so... is that the problem? and if so where is that
> address listed to make the request to???

It is broadcasting the request to everyone. Hopefully 192.168.1.1 will reply..

> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-i386-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:port-i386-owner@netbsd.org]On
> Behalf Of Patrick Welche
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 5:27 PM
... 
> ifconfig -a should tell you if your network interface has an ip number
> assigned to it, ie., if dhcp worked you should have a number there.

So, what does ifconfig -a have to say?