On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:25:43PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote: > Shouldn't it work? I think it should. I would check what is actually on the wire, to confirm that nothing is really leaving the box. (Use a hub.) I would also investigate what dhclient actually does by running it under strace. I would also try other DHCP clients. Personally I like dhcpcd but there's also pump and udhcpc. //Peter