[beagleboard] No internet access

Just purchased a BB and DVI cape and downloaded the latest s/w from the BB
site. The system boots up just finr (takes about 3 minutes) but does not
have an IP address. Other docmentation shows that the BB should be running
DHCP but this doesn't seem to be happening. ifconfig shows non-existent
169.254.246.246 ip address. My understanding is that this should just fly
out of the box. Is there something missing in the latest code? Anyone
seen something like this before?

FYI, BB is vague. I probably should have thought about people using
initials to abbreviate. I'll assume you mean Bone since you mention a cape.

I've not heard of DHCP working except on rev A4 boards. Here's the fix for
A4 boards:
http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBone#Ehternet_unable_to_obtain_a_lease.5BA4_Only.5D

Just purchased a BB and DVI cape and downloaded the latest s/w from the
BB site. The system boots up just finr (takes about 3 minutes) but does
not have an IP address. Other docmentation shows that the BB should be
running DHCP but this doesn't seem to be happening. ifconfig shows
non-existent 169.254.246.246 ip address. My understanding is that this
should just fly out of the box. Is there something missing in the latest
code? Anyone seen something like this before?

FYI, BB is vague. I probably should have thought about people using
initials to abbreviate. I'll assume you mean Bone since you mention a cape.

I've not heard of DHCP working except on rev A4 boards. Here's the fix
for A4 boards:

Correction: I've not heard of DHCP *broken* except on rev A4 boards.