It amazes me how one simple bad example can lead to several weeks of
frustration.  I am glad the user's group has been able to help me with my
issues.  Thanks especially to you Zach for your help

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Zach Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Maybe someone else could also comment on this and let me know if I am
> wrong but as far as I know you don’t have to do anything once the IP
> address is obtained from DHCP. I don’t think you should ever be calling
> dhcp_stop() unless maybe you really don’t want to use dhcp anymore. Maybe
> they are incorrectly doing that in the example to free up the udp pcb being
> used by dhcp. But I don’t think dhcp_stop() should be called because the
> dhcp client should continue to run to renew IP leases when they expire and
> stay registered with the dhcp server.
>
>
>
> As far as I know all you have to do is call dhcp_start() (which also ends
> up calling autoip_start() if AUTOIP is enabled) then just call
> dhcp_fine_tmr(),dhcp_coarse_tmr(), and autioip_tmr() at their respective
> intervals. Once the address is obtained, your netif will be updated with
> that address – you don’t have to do anything.
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Robert
> Deschambault
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:29 AM
> *To:* Mailing list for lwIP users
> *Subject:* Re: [lwip-users] Strategy Question for DHCP
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Ok, did another little experiment and I notice that if I don't call
> dhcp_stop() in the DHCP state machine when the IP address gets assigned I
> can ping my target when I use AUTOIP.  Autoip is in state 3 (bound) and
> everything is fine.  When I call dhcp_stop() at any time, autoip goes to
> state 0 (stop) and I lose comms with the target.
>
>
>
> My question is this:  What should I be doing once the IP address is
> assigned by either DHCP or AUTOIP in coop mode?  Any call to dhcp_stop()
> seems to be the wrong answer.  But all the examples I have seen for an
> STM32F4xx call that function once the IP address has been assigned.  Any
> comments?
>
>
>
>
>
> ---
>
Bob Deschambault
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