This article Show archive.org snapshot from the FreeBSD Handbook suggests that editing /etc/rc.conf enables DHCP. Unfortunately, some times this seems not sufficient.

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Try a reboot, or start the DHCP client manually with the command

dhclient <network adapter>

You can find a list of network adapters by running ifconfig. Examples are em0 or lo0.