C J Michaels wrote: > > Sean McNeil said: > > Hi, > > > > I've noticed that I occasionally lose connections through my computer to > > the internet. This has been happening because the dhcp client is trying > > to change my ip to something bogus and resetting the ethernet: > > Can you give an example of the 'bogus' ip address it's trying to set? > What you have listed below (without any additional information) appears to > be valid. (Note: no ip address is actually listed.) > > > > > May 30 23:44:17 blue dhclient: New Network Number: 66.75.176.0 > > May 30 23:44:17 blue dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 255.255.255.255 > > Yes, I did note the broadcast address, my dhclient is pulling the same > broadcast addr (RoadRunner) and I have no problems. I believe this may > actually be an issue w/ a mis-configured dhcpd not dhclient. > > > May 31 02:38:07 blue su: sean to root on /dev/ttyp0 > > > > The previous dhcp client in 4.5 did not do this. It is only happening > > with the 4.6-RC. > > > > Cheers, > > Sean
The default lease time has changed in the client. Does it on all my dhcp connected servers with -stable. Maybe adding a line like Cy Schubert suggested send requested-lease-time 172800 in dhclient.conf with unlimited lease might be a good idea or a commented out one explaining why. Nice to have options. -- Ted Sikora [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://unixos2.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
