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Stuck assigning IP

Solaris 9 on x86:  I have a 3com 3509c  NIC in there (it's on Solaris's HCL).
It finds the NIC during installation.  However, when I try to let it get an IP (via DHCP) it cant get one.  Even though my DHCP server is working perfectly.

So I assigned an IP manually during installation.  Seems ok, but when the system rebooted, it looks for a DHCP server. Why does it do this when I specified static?

I log into the system, do an ifconfig -a.  It shows the loopback, and it shows my NIC as e1x10.
But the IP is not assigned to it.
Any ideas?
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Well I got an IP assigned to the Nic.
ifconfig elxl0 inet 192.168.4.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

How do I specify DNS and default gateway settings?  Still curious as to why the DHCP server cant get through....
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Thanks guys. Jlevie, any idea where I can get the 3com diagnostics program ?
Which model of 3com are you using, have a look at:
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c905b.htm

Or do a search on the web for your versioin of NIC.
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