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Date:      Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:26:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net>
To:        FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Strange side-effect of dhclient  (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.981021192517.437j-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org>

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This morning I mentioned a side-effect of the ISC DHCP client in regards
to my IP Masquerading/Gatewaying setup.  I just thought I'd forward this
response I got from the dhcp-client list, in case anyone else runs into
this.  Apprently it's a known bug...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 22:24:37 -0400
From: pgf-dhcp@foxharp.boston.ma.us
To: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net>
Subject: Re: Strange side-effect of dhclient 

 > and we all get new IPs, for some reason, whenever the DHCP client gets the
 > new IP, it resets my second ethernet interface's IP back to 0.0.0.0.  My

it's a known bug in the client code.  ted has had a fix for many many
months, but for some reason can't put out a new release.  maybe he'll
send out a patch for you.  (or maybe he has put out a new release, and
you're behind -- be sure you're running the latest.)

paul
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  paul fox, pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 42.3 degrees)


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