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Date:      Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:44:19 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jaime Kikpole <jaime@malkav.snowmoon.com>
To:        Fred Lomas <aj@8hill.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ???
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003162141370.45968-100000@malkav.snowmoon.com>
In-Reply-To: <00a801bf8f6a$c2b04320$0e65a8c0@fred.encanto.net>

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On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Fred Lomas wrote:
> anyone seen this ??? what does it mean 
> www# Mar 15 21:08:52 www dhcpd: Abandoning IP address 192.168.101.17:
> > pinged before offer
> > 
> > www# Mar 15 21:08:52 www dhcpd: Abandoning IP address 192.168.101.17:
> > pinged before offer
> > Mar 15 21:08:52 www dhcpd: Abandoning IP address 192.168.101.17: pinged
> > before offer

	Assuming that I understand this correctly, you are running a DHCP
server.  It was about to offer the IP address "192.168.101.17" to a
DHCP-requesting workstation, but then the server discovered that said IP
is in use elsewhere in the network.  Thusly, it "abandoned" it.  IIRC, an
abandond IP is marked as "do not offer this IP to future workstations".
This behavior keeps two DHCP servers from tripping over each other.  Very
useful feature while you're migrating from an old server to a new one.
Alternately, someone else on your network is setting a static IP that they
didn't report to you.

						Jaime



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