It seems like an issue with the router. Unfortunately I do not have jurisdiction over the router so I couldn't answer your question. Having dhclient "bombard" the router with DHCP discovers does not help however.
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Chuck Short <chuck.sh...@canonical.com>wrote: > @Neville > Is there a router firmware that can solve this? > > Regards > chuck > > ** Changed in: dhcp3 (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: dhcp3 (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Triaged > > -- > [intrepid, hardy] Can't get DHCP offer without rebooting the OS > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290489 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “dhcp3” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Hi there, > > I have a problem with getting DHCP offer after changing network settings > from static to dhcp (or vice versa). > > /etc/network/interface file: > iface eth0 inet dhcp --> iface eth0 inet static > or > iface eth0 inet static --> iface eth0 inet dhcp > > You can find all my console attempts to get it working in attachment file > below (pay attention only to eth0, not wlan0 which was down). > > After changing /etc/network/interface file I tried (many times) for > example: > $ /etc/init.d/networking stop > $ /etc/init.d/networking start > $ /etc/init.d/networking restart > $ ifdown eth0 > $ ifup eth0 > $ rm /var/run/dhclient* > $ killall -9 -r dhclient* > $ ifconfig eth0 down > $ ifconfig eth0 up > $ dhclient eth0 > > ..but I was not successful at all until rebooting the whole OS. After that, > everything worked fine again (dhclient etc.). > > Thanks in advance, Vojtech Vitek [V-Teq]. > -- Regards, Neville Grech -- [intrepid, hardy] Can't get DHCP offer without rebooting the OS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290489 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
