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Date:      28 Jul 2001 10:37:27 -0500
From:      James McNaughton <jtm63@enteract.com>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dhclient: Odd errors - New exploit?
Message-ID:  <86elr1qd3c.fsf@localhost.21stcentury.net>
In-Reply-To: <200107280155.f6S1tDx67210@grumpy.dyndns.org>
References:  <200107280155.f6S1tDx67210@grumpy.dyndns.org>

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David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> writes:

> Do you happen to have a 3Com Sharkfin cable modem?

Yes

> 
> What you describe is what happens when the cable link is down when one 
> tries to renew the lease. The cable modem makes one of its own. Go 
> check /var/db/dhclient.leases and see if the 192.168.100 leases were 
> for 60 seconds?
> 

dhclient.leases only had the current (good) IP addresses listed so I
couldn't check that. However I feel much better knowing this is
related to the cable modem and not some sinister form of attack.

Thanks very much for the info.

Jim

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