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Old 25th July 2011
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Originally Posted by jggimi View Post
DHCP is not going to work unless the physical network connection is operating. From your brief description, it does not appear to be.
sepuku, post the output of the following command:

$ ifconfig em0

With an Ethernet cable connected to both the modem & laptop, if you don't see a light on the em0 interface lit, you don't yet have Layer 1 (physical layer) connectivity.

Last edited by ocicat; 25th July 2011 at 02:42 PM.
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