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Thanks, LeFretchen. I'd missed the MAC in the dmesg.

With a snapshot, you are running -current. It is a development branch that constantly changes. You may stay with the snapshot you have or upgrade from snapshot to snapshot from this point forward. There is no downgrade to -release from -current. However, where you are now can be upgraded to 5.6-release in November.

See FAQ 5.1 for a discussion of the flavors of OpenBSD and a description of the development cycle.

There are "snapshot packages" available for convenience, but they are never exactly in-sync with snapshots. There may be times you must wait for a refresh of those packages or a refresh of snapshots, in order to upgrade or install those packages. Otherwise, you must take the path of building from ports. The OS and all third party software must be kept in sync, per FAQ 15.4.1.

Last edited by jggimi; 2nd May 2014 at 10:32 PM. Reason: typo
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