On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 08:41:25PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > I have a problem with my dhclient on my debian box. > > It keeps picking up an IP address and then losing it in a few seconds. > > Apr 30 20:31:40 localhost dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 > Apr 30 20:31:40 localhost dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.10 -- renewal in > 1800 seconds. > server says: > Apr 30 20:18:30 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port > 67 > Apr 30 20:18:30 localhost dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 > > Within seconds of this last entry, it's back to 169.254...... > But the network works. > > nothing in dhclient.conf. > nothing odd in dhclient.leases. > nothing odd about the dhcp server. > but I keep getting this strange behaviour. > > my dhclient.leases file is 100% correct > lease { > interface "eth0"; > fixed-address 192.168.1.10; > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; > option routers 192.168.1.1; > option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.2; > option domain-name "tacocat.net"; > option dhcp-lease-time 3600; > option dhcp-message-type 5; > option dhcp-server-identifier 192.168.1.1; > renew 1 2006/5/1 00:54:08; > rebind 1 2006/5/1 01:16:38; > expire 1 2006/5/1 01:24:08; > } > > Even the dates at the end indication that nothing should be expiring > anytime soon. I'll assume that there is always a renew attempt at 1/2 the > dhcp-lease-time? But There's no reason it should be this messed up. > > What can I look at next?
this looks a little different that other postings about zeroconf, but you might check. if you have zeroconf installed, purge it and see if that helps. A > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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