Re: dhclient DHCPREQUEST loop

[Jerome BENOIT <jgmbenoit@mailsnare.net>]

Hi Again,



Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Hello,
>
> thanks for the reply.
>
> Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Tue,29.Sep.09, 11:17:29, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> > > Hello List,
> > >
> > > on my Lenny box, the message
> > >
> > > dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to n.n.n.n port 67
> > >
> > > is printed continuously on the syslog file.

and suddenly the request seems to be answered ...

> > > Using tcpdump, it appears that dhclient sends something,
> > > but apparently gets no feed back.
> > >
> > > I guess that something is wrong with my dhclient, but
> > > so far I can not figure out what: any idea ?
> >
> > Are you sure the DHCP server is available and running? How did you test?
>
> I think it is working as I have no trouble with my laptop,
> this Lenny box is my lab computer.
>
> How can I test the DHCP server as regular user from my box ?


Let assume that the DHCP does not work for a while:
is there a way to avoid these messages ?

Jerome

> Thanks,
> Jerome
>
> > Regards,
> > Andrei

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