Re: DHCPCD and Static IP's

Kevin Grey (kernellist@kevlar.cc.gettysburg.edu)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:48:44 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Joseph Malicki wrote:

> >> Well, my University's DHCP server attempts to hand out static IP's based on
> >> MAC address (not foolproof however, I have gotten several other IP's now and
> >> then)... but it gets that message every once in a while, with no obvious
> >reason
> >> why..... If you get any ideas, I could try to test them for you some
> time....
> >> (at least client side). But DHCP works flawlessly in all Windows boxes on
> >the
> >> network, so most likely dhcpcd trips up on some sort of data that the
> >server is
> >> handing out, or does something odd so that the server doesn't always
> like the
> >> message....
> >
> >I think the Windows clients just behave as everything in Windows:
> >If something goes wrong try again and resume next...
> >
> >Maybe dhcpcd should also try several times...solved this via a shell script.
> >
> >Thomas
> >
> I'll try that, but sometimes it seems to go out for HOURS at a time for the
> Linux
> client (manually retrying every minute or so for a while, then every 10
> minutes),
> while working on windows....
>
> If anyone wants a tcpdump, I may be able to get one sometime in January.
>
> Joseph Malicki

I don't think everyone really understands my problem... I originally had
a dynamic ip given to me via dhcp. I then had it switched the my static
ip: kevlar.cc.gettysburg.edu. My box was up at the time the ip's changed,
and everything worked perfectly, my computer assumed the new ip. After I
rebooted a few hours later however dhcpcd was giving me the no DHCPOFFER
message in my messages log. Anyone have any idea why this may be? Thanks

~~Kev

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