Yes, if the modem can see 2 nics, it will report them to cox's dhcp server and
the server will barf.  It actually does respond but you get a bunch of
"DHCPOFFER in wrong transaction"/"DHCPACK in wrong transaction".  The trick is
that you can't have any other nics visible to the modem (i.e., connected to the
hub) when you make the DHCP request.  I unplugged all my nics, got an IP for my
firewall, then plugged them back in.  We shall see what happens when it tries to
renew the lease.

So, I think you should have no problem doing the initial install with dhcp, just
unplug any extra nics.

Lisa

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of bob
> smith
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 12:33 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: cox.net FYI
>
>
> Hmm I noticed a previous poster (stan i think?) having
> problems using 2 nics with dhcp and cox.net.
>
> I am trying to install obsd 3.0, and I haven't had a
> problem using dhcp to prepare for network install with
> previous versions.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> Sorry if this has been brought up but I accidentally
> deleted most of the "cox.net FYI" posts :(
>
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