Gets lease in 2016.  Clock move to 1969.  Lease renews in 2016.

Wait 47 years to confirm theory?

Josh Luthman
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On Sep 30, 2016 1:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Odd, some shelves had dates of 1969 and others 2036, some Feb 2016.
>
> If the shelf updates the RTC in the ONT that keeps track of the
> reservation, having the time and date screwed up could be our problem.  The
> shelf is supposed to get NTP sync.  Calix doesn’t think a date of 1969 is a
> big deal.  I think it is a big deal...  We are wondering if we have NTP
> problems or if Calix has NTP problems.
>
> *From:* Jesse Dupont
> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 10:22 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Need help with DHCP problem
>
> We've had to reboot E7s before because of DHCP snooping failures on ONTs.
>
>
> _____________________________
> From: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Need help with DHCP problem
> To: <[email protected]>
>
>
> We didn’t do any Calix changes and we don’t think they can push a change.
>
> *From:* Paul Stewart
> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 10:07 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Need help with DHCP problem
>
> Yup …
>
> Four steps to DHCP that you should see on the capture
>
> Discovery
> Offer
> Response
> Ack
>
> (DORA for short)
>
> Once the Ack is completed then the ONT should have an IP and only come
> back looking for a new IP near expiry and/or a power event etc…
>
> I’d suggest testing against the DHCP server with a PC with short expiry as
> noted .. if that works fine then go further upstream and repeat.  really
> sounds like an ONT issue - did you do any changes with Calix firmware or
> anything like that?
>
> Just some guesses
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Sep 30, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> That was supposed to say "if you can ping the ONT from the DHCP server"
> stupid fingers can't keep up with stupid brain.
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]>
> To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]>
> Sent: 9/30/2016 9:59:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Need help with DHCP problem
>
>
> You're doing exactly what I would do.
>
> The renewal is unicast, so if you can the ONT from the DHCP server then
> the unit should be able to renew.  My guess would be something in the
> middle either dropping the request from the client or dropping the ack from
> the server.  Maybe a misbehaving switch or misconfigured firewall rule.
> Wireshark and/or logs on one end or the other might tell you which step is
> not happening, but they won't tell you which device is dropping the ball.
> I'm guessing you'll run wireshark, see a missing packet from somebody and
> then have to packet capture at points in between to see if the missing
> packet is present or not at that point.
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]>
> To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]>
> Sent: 9/29/2016 11:12:12 PM
> Subject: [AFMUG] Need help with DHCP problem
>
>
> I have not dug into the entrails of DHCP since NAT was added to Canopy, so
> long time ago.  I have Calix ONTs that are going away when their DHCP
> reservations expire.  They normally get them from DHCPatriot.  People lose
> service, they call, we reset the ONT and service comes back.
>
> Started a couple of days ago, no network changes to speak of.  But about
> 30% are having the problem.
>
> There is no way the DHCPatriot could be causing this is there?  Once it
> hands out an IP and a reservation time, it is out of the loop, right?
>
> I suggest setting up an ONT with a reservation time of 1 hour then
> wireshark the DHCPatriot to see of the ONT ever comes knocking, or if it
> does, what is going on between those two.
>
> Any other troubleshooting ideas out there?  Going to bed, hopefully there
> will be a bunch of brilliant posts in the morning leading us directly to
> the bad actor.
>
>
>
>
>

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