-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joel Hammer spewed electrons into the ether that resembled: > I have gotten dhcpcd to get me configured with Comcast. > This command is all that it takes to get the IP and configure the > interface: dhcpcd -d eth1 > Then, running the route command makes things work fine. > > I got a seven day lease which by now should be trying to renew itself, but, > I can't see that it is trying to do this. > > Meanwhile, I see this in my firewall logs. > > eth1 PROTO=17 10.133.184.1:67 255.255.255.255:68 > ( I accept these packets.) > > This says that a dhcp server is broadcasting to dhcp clients, which, > is not part of rfc 2131. dhcpcd is running, but doesn't seem to > answer. Which is not surprising, since there is no process listening on > port 68 on my client. > > So, my two questions are: > What is comcast (I assume it comcast) doing sending broadcast packets to > dhcp clients? Is it safe to ignore them? Last time, they declared me a > static ip user and turned off my modem. > > Second, is there a way to inquire of the status of a running dhcpcd? That > is to say, how could I find out if the dhcpcd is trying to renew? I don't > see anything in the logs about it. > > Thanks,
I run dhclient to receive my IP from the provider. It shows the following in my logs: dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 65.21.4.39 port 67 dhclient: DHCPACK from 65.24.1.39 that shows it asking "can I keep this IP?" and the response "Sure." My dhcpd process is solely for giving out IPs to internal lan. You *sure* you are using the right daemon for the right job? - -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://www.linux-sxs.org and http://jobs.linux-sxs.org I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9MH8+SrrWWknCnMIRAlkmAKDL0FdBbK3WMrjVUsu+HZGmZ+ttfwCeLzcS tXEIDCK38tee4lAgd+BOQ0o= =5zYY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
