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Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
8 years agoThe issue is that the board needs to see a DHCP server to get an IP address. If you connect it directly to your laptop, unless you're running a DHCP server, the board never gets an address. I solved this by installing a simple free server: http://www.dhcpserver.de/cms/download/
By connecting the board to a switch that is connected to the rest of your network, the board is able to see a DHCP server.