On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 05:14:58PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > 1. My (probably misconfigured) vmware virtual machine. I never seem to > get a default route set up on this machine via dhcp. If I add one by > hand, it's ok. > 2. My test laptop, connected directly to my cable company's interface > box. Here I got one IP address without a default route, and then 10 > seconds later (when the first lease expired!) an different IP with a > default route. Weirdness. > > Things go wrong in suprising ways when there is no default route, and > it's not at all obvious what the real problem is. So I think that netcfg > should check for a default route, at least when using dhcp (not sure > about static), and complain if there isn't one.
When you notice the problem, could you quickly check /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases and see if a router was given to you? If so, then we need to fix dhclient-script. (In which case, it would be nice for you to give me the sh -x play-by-play of that, if possible) -- Joshua Kwan
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