Dave wrote:
> ...it looks like the problem is dhcp related. 

Agreed.


> Here's the logs:
> 
> Dec  6 21:47:00 myMythBE dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:fe:00:xx:xx via 
> eth0  
> Dec  6 21:47:00 myMythBE dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.2.203 to 
> 00:0d:fe:00:xx:xx via 
> eth0                                                                      
> Dec  6 21:47:18 myMythBE dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:fe:00:xx:xx via 
> eth0  
> Dec  6 21:47:18 myMythBE dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.2.203 to 
> 00:0d:fe:00:xx:xx via 
> eth0                                                                      

It appears to be cycling between discover/offer, and never completing 
the DHCP transaction.

A normal DHCP transaction involves the exchange of 4 packets:
1. Client sends a discover broadcast.
2. Any listening DHCP servers send back an offer packet.
3. The client picks an offer it likes, and responds to a specific DHCP 
server.
4. That DHCP server sends back an acknowledgment, which contains 
basically the same info as in the offer.

(Check the list archives for log transcripts of a full successful 
exchange. A successful mvpmc boot will have two sets, as it also 
requests an IP via DHCP as part of its startup process.)

The latter two packets don't appear to be showing up in your log. That 
seems to suggests that the MVP's bootloader firmware either doesn't like 
the offer, or it is accepting another DHCP server's offer, failing to 
find the dongle where expected, and restarting the boot sequence.

You did turn off DHCP in your Netgear router, right?

  -Tom


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