On 10/31/2014 04:56 PM, Michael Brown wrote:
However, if the problem is caused by packets arriving during the Windows driver start-up, then this fix would only make the problem less likely to occur; it wouldn't eliminate it. A random packet arriving at a bad time (e.g. a totally unrelated ARP request, NetBIOS name announcement, etc) could still trigger the problem.


Suspect there might be a problem in Virtualbox instead of Windows.

Managed to reproduce the same problem with ipxe instead of Windows.
If I "reset" the virtual machine at an unfortunate time, e.g. during the long wait during Windows startup, then ipxe is unable to get a DHCP lease, even though it is offered one.

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Nov 1 09:41:18 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:18 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.178.4 to 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:20 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.178.4 (192.168.178.100) from 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:20 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.178.4 to 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:20 minx daemon.notice in.tftpd[2297]: RRQ from 192.168.178.4 filename undionly.kkpxe Nov 1 09:41:20 minx daemon.warn in.tftpd[2297]: tftp: client does not accept options Nov 1 09:41:20 minx daemon.notice in.tftpd[2298]: RRQ from 192.168.178.4 filename undionly.kkpxe Nov 1 09:41:20 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:20 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.178.4 to 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:21 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:21 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.178.4 to 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:23 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:23 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.178.4 to 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:27 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0 Nov 1 09:41:27 minx local7.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.178.4 to 08:00:27:23:27:ac via eth0
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Yours sincerely,

Floris Bos

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