On 13-Jun-99 Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: > Hi, > I have tried getting my system to use DHCP on my local network, but I'm > having > trouble. > If I don't use DHCP everything works fine, but if I use DHCP I get the > following messages appearing in my log file when I use ESD, and try and ping > my LAN IP. > Jun 13 17:35:21 guppy /kernel: arplookup 127.0.0.1 failed: could not allocate > llinfo > Jun 13 17:35:21 guppy /kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for > 127.0.0.1rt > > I notcied also that the arp table doesn't have an entry for my IP when I use > DHCP. When I don't use DHCP I have a line like > guppy.dons.net.au (203.31.81.9) at 0:80:ad:16:77:3e permanent [ethernet] > > in the arp table, but its not there when I use DHCP. I can't add it by hand > either. > > I am running -current as of this morning (ie 12 Jun 10:30am GMT), and I have > a > Digital 21140 base 10/100 card. It has 2 ports, one for 10 and the other for > 100 mbits (lame). Personally I suspect the driver since I've had other > strangness with arp and this card when I try and change media, but I could be > way off base. > > Any ideas?
Are you using the built-in dhcp client (/sbin/dhclient)? If so, what does the output look like during boot up? What does 'ifconfig -i de0' show? Also, do you have a lease in /var/db/dhcp.leases? --- John Baldwin <jobal...@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
