Package: dhcp-client
Version: 2.0pl5-19.1
Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
driver: b44
version: 0.95
Debian version: Testing
Kernel Version: 2.6.11-rc5
My interface has to be set 10BaseT Half Duplex to establish link
properly and so to get network parameters from the DHCP server. The
problem is that the /etc/dhclient-script do a "ifconfig down" to
delete all relevant routes and flushes the arp cache. By doing so it
resets the NIC media type setting to default (100BaseTx-FD), sooner
set to 10BaseT-HD with a pre-up directive in /etc/network/interfaces.
This prevents any DHCP transaction and network to be properly
configured.
Not as a solution but for explanation putting "mii-tool -A 10BaseT-HD
eth0" at line 119 solved my problem at boot time.
Here are lines of PREINIT bloc with this line added:
if [ x$reason = xPREINIT ]; then
if [ x$alias_ip_address != x ]; then
# Bring down alias interface. Its routes will disappear too.
ifconfig $interface:0- inet 0
fi
if [ $relmajor -lt 2 ] || ( [ $relmajor -eq 2 ] && [ $relminor -eq 0 ] )
then
ifconfig $interface inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 \
broadcast 255.255.255.255 up
# Add route to make broad
cast work. Do not omit netmask.
route add default dev $interface netmask 0.0.0.0
else
ifconfig $interface up
fi
# We need to give the kernel some time to get the interface up.
sleep 1
# This line is quite ugly and not generic at all
mii-tool -A 10BaseT-HD eth0
exit_with_hooks 0
fi
Best Regards
Yann
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