[Macpartners] MBP with DHCP problems

[Barbara Johnson]

Hi Miguel.
Thanks for closing the loop!
I added this fix information to the Hermes knowledge base for future  
reference.
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/yB9B
best regards,
Barbara

On Feb 18, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Miguel A Amat wrote:
> Thanks to everyone in the forum and the folks at the computing  
> helpdesk for the kind feedback.  As it turns out, the fix was pretty  
> easy: it involved deleting the file  
> "com.apple.airport.preferences.plist" in "/Library/Preferences/ 
> SystemConfiguration/" and a restart of the machine and the airport.
> Best,
> Miguel
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Miguel A Amat <mamat at mit.edu>
>> Date: February 17, 2009 12:37:15 PM EST
>> To: macpartners at mit.edu
>> Subject: MBP with DHCP problems
>>
>> Hi.  I just had the logic board of my MBP replaced due to a  
>> graphics problems.  Following this repair, I am not able to connect  
>> to the MIT network using DHCP.  This problem applies to both, wired  
>> and wireless connections.  I tried setting a static IP manually,  
>> and this allows me to connect.  Can anyone help with fixing the  
>> DHCP problem?
>> Thanks,
>> Miguel
>
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Barbara A. Johnson
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