Greetings,
I have a troublesome DHCP client -- a Brother MFC-9420CN multifunction
centre -- I'd like to troubleshoot. It's being assigned a lease
including IP address and gateway address by dhcpd(8), but not a subnet
mask.
Here's the relevant section of dhcpd.conf:
shared-network THE_OFFICE_LAN {
use-host-decl-names on;
option domain-name "office";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
option ntp-servers ntp.office;
option smtp-server mail.office;
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 259200;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
option routers 192.168.0.1;
range 192.168.0.64 192.168.0.127;
host brothermfc {
hardware ethernet 00:80:77:88:8b:59;
fixed-address brothermfc.office;
}
}
}
Here's what happens in /var/log/daemon when it boots:
Dec 19 22:08:58 wiggum dhcpd[26477]: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:80:77:88:8b:59 via xl0
Dec 19 22:08:58 wiggum dhcpd[26477]: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.2 to
00:80:77:88:8b:59 via xl0
Dec 19 22:08:58 wiggum dhcpd[26477]: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.2 from
00:80:77:88:8b:59 via xl0
Dec 19 22:08:58 wiggum dhcpd[26477]: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.2 to
00:80:77:88:8b:59 via xl0
A laptop plugged into the same switch obtains its netmask just fine,
so it could be a bug on the client, but I can't find any reference via
the Brother support site or search engines to this issue.
Does anyone have any further suggestions on how to troubleshoot this?
Any advice appreciated,
Damon
