Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-14 Thread jared r r spiegel
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 05:52:48PM -0600, Andrew Daugherity wrote: > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > Release is an optional part of DHCP but some servers won't reassign the > > IP address to a client with another MAC unless it happens. In that case > > the best option

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-14 Thread jared r r spiegel
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 06:37:14PM +0100, Anders ?quist wrote: > Hello. > > I have been looking for information on how to release the current lease of > IP-adress. you install the isc-dhcp port (or isc-dhcp3, whatever it is called). the dhclient in base does not have release functionality im

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-14 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Thu, 08.01.2009 at 08:50:57 +0100, Maurice Janssen wrote: > There's another option: change the MAC address of the new card to match > the old card's MAC address. Somthing like this in your hostname.if: > dhcp NONE NONE NONE lladdr aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff this obviously "only" works for the Ope

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-07 Thread Maurice Janssen
On Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 17:52:48 -0600, Andrew Daugherity wrote: >Without the DHCPRELEASE functionality, the only option is to wait >until the old lease expires. There's another option: change the MAC address of the new card to match the old card's MAC address. Somthing like this in you

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-07 Thread Andrew Daugherity
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > Release is an optional part of DHCP but some servers won't reassign the > IP address to a client with another MAC unless it happens. In that case > the best option is probably to try another DHCP client from ports/packages. > > At least in

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-01-06, Anders Vquist wrote: > Hello. > > I have been looking for information on how to release the current lease of > IP-adress. > > What should I di, where should I start, if I want to release the IP-adress? In the answers given to you so far there's been a lot of guessing as to exactly

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Paul de Weerd
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 06:37:14PM +0100, Anders ?quist wrote: | Hello. | | I have been looking for information on how to release the current lease of | IP-adress. | | What should I di, where should I start, if I want to release the IP-adress? The first answer you got was actually the most corre

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini
Anders Vquist escreveu: Hello. I have been looking for information on how to release the current lease of IP-adress. What should I di, where should I start, if I want to release the IP-adress? /Anders It's a little vague, but, if you are using dhclient to get an ip from a dhcp server and

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Ted Unangst
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Jim Willis wrote: > ernet or IP addresses; ifconfig(8) can be used to trivially > change the interface's address, and on a busy DHCP network, IP > addresses will likely be quickly recycled. > > $ man ifconfig > > Next time don'

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Jim Willis
Okay, so here are the steps that should have been taken to find the answer to the question asked. "I want to release the IP-adress?" "I have had it running on a router for a couple of years. Never needed any interaction." "the correct answer is "you can't"." "man -k dhcp" <- Me $ man -k dhcp dhc

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Bryan Irvine
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Ted Unangst wrote: > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Jim Willis wrote: >> man -k dhcp > > again, fail. maybe you should be the one to read the man pages and > discover that they don't say anything about releasing a lease. > > the correct answer is "you can't". i

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Ted Unangst
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Jim Willis wrote: > man -k dhcp again, fail. maybe you should be the one to read the man pages and discover that they don't say anything about releasing a lease. the correct answer is "you can't".

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Jim Willis
> > /Anders > > > > _ > > Fren: Jim Willis [mailto:jim.h.wil...@gmail.com] > Skickat: den 6 januari 2009 18:47 > Till: Anders Vquist > Kopia: > Dmne: Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8 > > > > www.google.com > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:37 AM, And

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Anders Ă–quist
fruitless I have been doing that for the last couple of hours. But sorry if I offend anyone by my question. /Anders _ Fren: Jim Willis [mailto:jim.h.wil...@gmail.com] Skickat: den 6 januari 2009 18:47 Till: Anders Vquist Kopia: Dmne: Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8 www.google.com On

Re: Release IP-adress OpenBSD 3.8

2009-01-06 Thread Jim Willis
www.google.com On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Anders Vquist wrote: > Hello. > > I have been looking for information on how to release the current lease of > IP-adress. > > What should I di, where should I start, if I want to release the IP-adress? > > /Anders