On Freitag, 5. November 2021 16:33:11 -03 Sebastian Benoit wrote:
> Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE([email protected]) on 2021.11.04 18:07:57 -0300:
> > On Mittwoch, 3. November 2021 14:41:08 -03 Zack Newman wrote:
> > > dhcpleased(8) is unable to renew DHCP leases from my ISP,
> > > Xfinity/Comcast. This in turn is causing leases to expire leading
> > > to
> > > IPv4 drops that last between 15 and 20 seconds until a new lease
> > > can
> > > be binded. Note that lease binding does succeed.
> >
> > Hi Zack,
> > Similarily here. Did you specify a lladdr in your hostname.if after
> > "dhcp"?
> > I get a lease with my hardware MAC address without specifying
> > lladdr,
> > but it is not the right one of course. If I force the fake MAC
> > address and then I ask for a new lease I get nothing.
> > I'm going to write about it later together with all the pertinent
> > infomation. Just now I am too busy with other disasters.
>
> please include tcpdump of both the non-working attempts and the
> working attempts (if it is indeed successful with dhclient), with a
> command like this:
>
>   tcpdump -enlp -i iwm0 port 67 and port 68
>
> Also include your hostname.if file and dhclient.conf and
> dhcpleased.conf if any.
>
Thank you Sebastian!
Will do as soon as possible. But I think I ought to open a new thread as
my problem does not seem to be related to Zack's.

All  the best 2 U
Eike

> > Cheers
> > Eike
> >
> > > For about a month before the release of OpenBSD 7.0, I had been
> > > using
> > > dhcpleased(8) instead of dhclient(8) on OpenBSD 6.9 as I wanted to
> > > be
> > > "ahead of the curve" before the eventual release of OpenBSD 7.0.
> > > During that time, there were no problems with lease renewals. I
> > > have
> > > not made any hardware or software changes other than the upgrade
> > > to
> > > 7.0.
> > >
> > > I've factory reset my bridge modem about a dozen times, I've
> > > changed
> > > the MAC address of the interface connected to the modem, I've
> > > experimented using different NICs altogether, and nothing has
> > > worked.
> > > At the time, I "knew" it was Xfinity; so I demanded that a tech
> > > come
> > > over and inspect the cable lines and modem. They said it was fine;
> > > although based on Internet reviews, that doesn't say much as they
> > > are
> > > often wrong. It wasn't until I had a slice of humble pie and
> > > actually
> > > considered that the problem was indeed my router that I was able
> > > to
> > > fix the problem by switching to dhcpcd which I have been already
> > > using for DHCPv6. Sure enough, I have had no issues with IPv4
> > > renewals since then.
> > >
> > > I do know that Xfinity, at least where I am, does NOT respond to
> > > unicast renewals for both DHCP and DHCPv6, but I am unsure if that
> > > is
> > > relevant. Before I successfully switched to dhcpcd, I made sure to
> >
> > > log dhcpleased(8) over night. Here are the results:
> > [snip]



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