I am using RCN debian 8.0 jessie on a beaglebone black. I am using a usb to wifi adaptor, and my ethernet port is unused. Yet my syslog is full with these messages:
> Mar 01 20:08:50 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: No working leases in > persistent database - sleeping. > Mar 01 20:08:50 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: No DHCPOFFERS received. > Mar 01 20:08:34 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16 > Mar 01 20:08:14 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20 > Mar 01 20:08:04 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 > Mar 01 20:07:54 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 > Mar 01 20:07:49 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 > Mar 01 20:02:10 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: No working leases in > persistent database - sleeping. > Mar 01 20:02:10 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: No DHCPOFFERS received. > Mar 01 20:02:08 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2 > Mar 01 20:01:57 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > Mar 01 20:01:46 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > Mar 01 20:01:35 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > Mar 01 20:01:26 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 > Mar 01 20:01:15 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > Mar 01 20:01:10 osbo2.mydomain.com dhclient[325]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 > Why is dhclient running when eth0 is off? shouldn't this be up only in case eth0 is up? I intend to close this and use systemd dhclient, this way: First create this file: nano -w /etc/systemd/network/LAN.network: [Match] > Name=eth0 > > [Network] > DHCP=v4 > > Second enable and start the service: > systemctl enable systemd-networkd.service systemctl start systemd-networkd.service > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
