

Looking at the latest Intel LAN driver (e1d65圆4.inf, 12.18.8.4, ), they have gone to "Intel ® Ethernet Connection (9) I219-V" (ditto for I219-LM). Not sure if this can help, but I've noticed that Intel keeps adding additional flavors of I219-V (and I219-LM), with different device IDs. I am using a Cisco switch, and portfast is enabled.

I am not chainloading undionly.kpxe (using rn). I can try ifconf for DHCP explicitly if you wish, but that's the only method that would succeed anyway on this particular network if any did (no IPv6, as I mentioned). I have run an ifstat after the failures. If I reboot to an installed OS or boot from a USB drive without changing anything, DHCP succeeds immediately. I don't think it's a timeout on the part of the DHCP server. I will recheck the error page regularly in case it is updated. I think the developers read these posts, right? Or should I contact them via another means? Or does it mean to try the latest RELEASED version? I am using the latest revision (HEAD from the git repository). I'm trying to interact as successfully as I can. Forgive me, I feel Iike I'm out of my element in this venue, perhaps.
