Rob Hudson wrote:

> Anyone know about dhclient on FreeBSD?
> 
> at-home gave me an address ending in .255, and I think it is
> interfering with the willamette.net network (I can't get to it now).
> Is there a way to tell dhclient to get a new IP, and not accept the
> same one?

If that is true, then willamette.net is broken.  They can't assume
that IPs ending in .255 are broadcast.

But to get a new DHCP address, simultaneously delete your leases file
(/etc/dhcpc/* if you're using dhcpcd) and change your external NIC's
MAC address.  (Can you do that?)

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
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