Thanks for the response. I thought it is the DHCP server that must give different addresses - right ? If two interfaces from the same machine request IPs with different dhcp-client-identifiers, the DHCP server should be able to distinguish the requests.
So what has to be supported by OpenBSD? Thanks Hrishi > On 29-Mar-2015, at 4:43 pm, Peter Hessler <phess...@theapt.org> wrote: > > On 2015 Mar 29 (Sun) at 16:34:23 +0530 (+0530), Hrishikesh Murukkathampoondi > wrote: > :Hello > : > :I am new to OpenBSD. I installed it on an Asus EeePC without much > difficulty. I am trying to get both the ethernet port as well as the wireless > to connect to my router via DHCP. > : > :The ethernet port (ale0) works perfectly - makes a request for DHCP and gets > an IP. The wifi (rel0) fails with the message: > : > :-- > :DHCPDISCOVER on ral0 - interval 3 > :interface ale0 already has the offered subnet! > :-- > : > :I get this message at boot as well as when I execute dhclient ral0 > : > :I am guessing that ral0 is being offered the same IP as the ale0 interface > by the DHCP server (i.e. my outer) and that is the source of this conflict. > However, I am unable to resolve the problem. Other machines (Win/Mac) > connected to the router - simultaniously via wifi as well as ethernet - dont > have this issue. > : > > > This is not supported in OpenBSD right now. > > You could put the ethernet and Wifi ports into a fail-over trunk, and > switch between them, but that will not allow you to use them seperately. > > $ man 4 trunk > includes an example of how to set this up, at the end. You can change > the IP assignment to "dhcp", instead of fixing an IP address. > > > > > -- > Why did the Roman Empire collapse? > What is the Latin for office automation? _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list Openbsd-newbies@sfobug.theapt.org http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
