On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, Joerg Reuter DL1BKE wrote:
> >%_> I was just trying to get dhcpd up'n running on my server, which also has
> > all my ax25 stuff running. But dhcpd refuses to start, because it doesn't
> > know the ax0 hardware, saying ax0: unknown hardware address type 3
> >
> > Anyone got any pointers, as to how to get this thing up'n running?
>
> Get the latest version from ftp://ftp.isc.org (I believe, try http://www.isc.org)
> and compile it yourself --- or use the Debian 2.2 .deb package.
>
> <RANT>
> I do not understand why dchp* has to bail out if it finds an unknown interface
> type on an interface that isn't even _active_. It scans /proc/net/dev and
> requests the address encapsulation for _every_ interface found there. Even if
> I explicitly select the device[s] it's supposed to work on. Not that it can do
> anything with these devices -- it just demands to know what it is.
>
> That's not only sloppy coding, that's outright blatant.
> </RANT>
One wok around, yes not an answer to sloppy code but, start dchp then
start ax25 interfaces, thats what i do and i have no problem.
I suppose thats not an answer to everyones problem tho'.
> (ATTN Kai: SuSE 6.1 comes with AX.25, NET/ROM and (I believe) ROSE compiled in,
> but fails to provide a dhcpd 2 client being aware of these protocols. Is this
> solved in 6.2 yet?)
>
> Regards,
>
> Joerg Reuter http://poboxes.com/jreuter/
> And I make my way to where the warm scent of soil fills the evening air.
> Everything is waiting quietly out there.... (Anne Clark)
>
>
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Regards Richard
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