DHCP client not getting IP address from Time Warner

[Ask Bjørn Hansen]

On Nov 3, 2009, at 7:47, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:

> On FreeBSD their DHCP server seems to just ignore me (but I see lots of broadcast replies to 255.255.255.255/ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff).  I've tried with both the standard dhclient and the isc dhclient from ports.

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to follow-up on my own mail to tell that the problem is "solved".

Cloning the mac address from my mac seemed to work once, but not consistently.

I never found out exactly what the OS X and the FreeBSD dhcp client are doing differently, but after turning off the cable modem again for a longer while the FreeBSD dhcp client got an IP.

For some reason it appears that OS X is able to "move" the IP to another mac address/client much faster; but honestly after getting it working on the FreeBSD box I didn't want to fuzz with it anymore as it's working where I want it now.

Thanks to everyone who helped with suggestions, questions and advice!


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