Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:42:01 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: James McNaughton <jtm63@enteract.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhclient reports new IP every 15 min. Message-ID: <20020725074201.GB37283@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <867kjk8sv2.fsf@jamestown.21stcentury.net> References: <867kjk8sv2.fsf@jamestown.21stcentury.net>
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:05:21PM -0500, James McNaughton wrote:
> I just noticed that dhclient on my machine is reporting that I have
> new IP address every 15 minutes or so. However, it is the same address
> over and over. Observe:
>
> Jul 24 10:16:16 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255
> Jul 24 10:42:04 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0
> Jul 24 10:42:04 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255
> Jul 24 11:09:55 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0
> Jul 24 11:09:55 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255
> Jul 24 11:36:41 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0
> Jul 24 11:36:41 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255
> Jul 24 11:59:14 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0
> Jul 24 11:59:14 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255
> Jul 24 12:22:04 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0
>
> I don't remember it doing this before and I don't look at the log very
> often. Is this normal? Is this my problem or the ISP's?
Very likely your ISP's. They've configured a very short default lease
time - you could try telling them about it.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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