> If I manually do a boot netbsd, the dhcp server does respond
> but the VAX is oblivious to it.

Check your dhcpd config. 

It seems the VAX is a bit picky about the data fields it gets from the
server. I had the same problem until I trimmed it to the bare 
minimum and then it would work fine.

In the mailing list archive there should be a sample dhcpd config
which works as well for me..

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