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Date: Fri,  9 Jul 2010 15:29:58 -0700
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From: Akshat Kumar <akumar@mail.nanosouffle.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ipconfig DHCP problems
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I will also add that specifying a static
address with

ipconfig -g gateway ether /net/ether0 ip mask

also does not work (trying ip/ping router,
for example, gives no communication).

So, still, what's going on?


ak


On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Akshat Kumar
<akumar@mail.nanosouffle.net> wrote:
> I've recently installed Plan 9 on a computer
> with a 3COM 3C905 CX-TXM network card.
> When I boot into the Plan 9 Live CD and run
>
> ip/ipconfig
>
> it communicates with the router and does
> the whole DHCP business just fine.
>
> However, when I boot into my newly installed
> system and run
>
> ip/ipconfig -D -d ether /net/ether0
>
> I get:
>
> ipconfig: dhcprecv: read timed out
> ...
>
> forever. So, why would DHCP work in the
> boot CD but not in the installed system?
> The binaries haven't changed; I haven't
> changed any hardware configurations.
> What's going on?
>
>
> Thanks,
> ak
>