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 <[email protected]> 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 >
