On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 05:25:40PM -0500, Peter wrote:
| Ok folks. This *was* a MAC caching issue. I was able to reset this
| particular modem by inserting a pin into the reset orifice. I presume
| I could have achieved this by unplugging the power cable AND removing
| the battery. So dhclient on OpenBSD 3.8 *does work* although I
| continue to receive a bad length type of message. Here is the session:
|
| # dhclient sis1
| DHCPDISCOVER on sis1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
| DHCPDISCOVER on sis1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
| ip length 348 disagrees with bytes received 352.
| accepting packet with data after udp payload.
| DHCPOFFER from 10.206.182.1
| DHCPREQUEST on sis1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
| ip length 348 disagrees with bytes received 352.
| accepting packet with data after udp payload.
| DHCPACK from 10.206.182.1
| bound to 70.81.175.3 -- renewal in 1800 seconds.
|
| I will try to use the '-u' switch and see if that will get rid of the
| warning message.
Upgrade to the latest snapshot or wait a bit for 3.9 (ordered your CD
yet ? :) There have been some changes to sis(4), the driver for your
network card, that fix this issue. At least this issue was fixed on my
laptop after upgrading to a recent snapshot.
Cheers,
Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd
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