On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 04:41:24PM +0530, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: > > 1) run dhcp-server on tap0 (using separate terminal session) after that > > when tap0 is configured and up. You will see its log messages on stderr > > (-d -f options). Have you set INTERFACES variable? > > > > 2) run dhclient for tap0, again (using sepatare terminal session) again > > do not forking (-d) and you should see then that dhcp server offers IP > > and dhclient get it. > > This is where I see a problem. When I ran dhclient on tap0 (_AFTER_ > configuring tap0 > with a valid static IP addr), I see that the IP addr of tap0 is unset > first and then dhclient > starts sending DHCP DISCOVER packets over it.... > > Did you observe similar behaviour in your machine too?
My sandbox is at home. I cannot confirm that. When I did bring up tap0 I checked that it has 10.1.1.1 (ifconfig), then ran dhcp server on tap0 and then ran dhclient as a probe. Sergei -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
