Solved this. It took Verizon three tries (three calls by me), to actually get the RJ-45 port working on the ONT.
Jay > Good evening. > > I am trying to replace the Verizon FIOS Actiontec router with a OpenBSD 5.2 > box, and move from COAX to Cat5e at the same time. I've read the > documentation for configuring dhcp/dhclient. I've set the external interface > to "dhcp". I have a solid green link light on the interface (re0). > > When I attempted to cutover (Verizon reset the ONT, and I rebooted the box). I > received the following feedback: > > DHCPDISCOVER on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 > DHCPDISCOVER on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 > DHCPDISCOVER on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 > DHCPDISCOVER on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 > DHCPDISCOVER on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21 > DHCPDISCOVER on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 > No DHCPOFFERS received. > No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. > > I assumed the RJ-45 port was hot when it cutover. I now find that the COAX > port is still hot (as the Actiontec router is still online) and therefore > assume the cutover to RJ-45 was not done properly on their end. > > But I also wanted to know if a stock 5.2 distro work with FIOS and Cat5e or do > I need to use ISC-dhcp somewhere in the process? > > Thanks in advance, > > Jay
