There has to be a DHCP server somewhere on the network for the Teensy to get an address from. A switch doesn't include a DHCP server, it just forwards packets between machines.
Thank you, that was it!
The problem was that I had set <sharing > internet sharing > share your connection from> in my macbook settings as "USB LAN", while it had to be sharing from Wi-Fi, so that my mac hands out the ip's. don't understand why...
I have a teensy 4.1 with the pjrc rj45 connector connected to my computer through a netgear smart switch.
I've managed do pass OSC messages from the teensy to my computer by giving the teensy a static ip address, but i'd like for it to have a...