one thing i forgot to note, these are the linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN cards. 
using the LNE100TX version 2.0 chipset.

--joe

On 07/27/02 19:00:45, "Joe Reed" <jnr@po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> hi all,
> i finally got around to porting my last remaining openbsd machine to netbsd. 
> however, sysinst cannot seem to download the binary sets.
> if i use the most recent snapshot from releng.netbsd.org (20020727000),
sysinst
> cannot recieve a dhcp lease.	i get the following error (or something like
it):
>   ip length 331 differs from header length 335
>   accepting udp packet with extra data
> my dhcp server is running netbsd-current 1.5ZC (3/28/2002).  my workstation
> (netbsd-current 1.6D, 7/26/2002, ex net driver) can recieve a lease, as can a
> windoze xp machine.
> if i use the 20020518-1.5ZC snapshot from ftp.iastate.edu, sysinst and
dhclient
> can recieve a dhcp lease, but the ftp connection times out after logging in,
> before starting the first download.  again, i can ftp all the files from
> ftp.iastate.edu using my workstation without problem or timeout.
> also, i had this same problem with my firewall when i booted a 1.6D kernel to
> test the gsip driver.  replacing the tlp card with an ex card solved the
> problem.
> suggestions, comments, fixes?
> --joe