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Date:      Fri, 31 May 2002 17:21:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "C J Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net>
To:        <tony@tntpro.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: new dhcp client causing problems
Message-ID:  <2618.216.153.201.118.1022880068.squirrel@www.27in.tv>
In-Reply-To: <07f401c208e4$a7a8f9f0$0d00a8c0@celery>
References:  <2453.216.153.201.118.1022876310.squirrel@www.27in.tv> <07f401c208e4$a7a8f9f0$0d00a8c0@celery>

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tony said:
> Since updating to 4.6R I seem to be having the same problem

Same in that your connections are being reset?  Because nothing looks
bogus in your output either.  Can you take a look in
/var/db/dhclient.leases and see what "renew", "rebind", "expire", "option
dhcp-lease-time" are set to for the most current lease.

>
> May 31 03:21:42 tntpro dhclient: New Network Number: 192.168.0.0
> May 31 03:21:42 tntpro dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 192.168.0.255
> May 31 08:14:03 tntpro dhclient: New Network Number: 192.168.0.0
> May 31 08:14:03 tntpro dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 192.168.0.255
> May 31 13:46:04 tntpro dhclient: New Network Number: 192.168.0.0
> May 31 13:46:04 tntpro dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 192.168.0.255
> root:~# ifconfig -a
> xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=3<rxcsum,txcsum>
>         inet 192.168.0.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> ether 00:50:da:c2:a1:48
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
>         status: active
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>
> Here is a grep just for fun  notice it gets a new addy every 5 minutes
> most of the time
>
> root:~# grep dhclient /var/log/messages
> May 27 01:02:12 tntpro dhclient: New Network Number: 192.168.0.0
> May 27 01:02:12 tntpro dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 192.168.0.255

[Was it necessary to paste the WHOLE log?]

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of C J Michaels
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 4:19 PM
> To: sean@mcneil.com
> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: new dhcp client causing problems
>
>
> Sean McNeil said:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've noticed that I occasionally lose connections through my computer
>> to the internet.  This has been happening because the dhcp client is
>> trying to change my ip to something bogus and resetting the ethernet:
>
> Can you give an example of the 'bogus' ip address it's trying to set?
> What you have listed below (without any additional information) appears
> to be valid.  (Note: no ip address is actually listed.)
>
>>
>> May 30 23:44:17 blue dhclient: New Network Number: 66.75.176.0 May 30
>> 23:44:17 blue dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 255.255.255.255
>
> Yes, I did note the broadcast address, my dhclient is pulling the same
> broadcast addr (RoadRunner) and I have no problems.  I believe this may
> actually be an issue w/ a mis-configured dhcpd not dhclient.
>
>> May 31 02:38:07 blue su: sean to root on /dev/ttyp0
>>
>> The previous dhcp client in 4.5 did not do this.  It is only happening
>> with the 4.6-RC.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sean
>
> --
> Chris



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