Re: dhclient restart
On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 11:57 +0100, jpff@codemist.co.uk wrote:
> ....but onto the next problem. My ISP asks me to run a dhcp system
> to get my (static) IP address, and recently there have been an
> outbreak of disconnections that show as dhclient failing to get a
> response
> Aug 17 10:54:35 snout dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 10.0.0.2 port 67
> Aug 17 10:54:35 snout dhclient: DHCPNAK from 10.0.0.2
DHCPNAK = the DHCP server is refusing your request!
Is it configured ok? Has it lost your MAC address?
> Aug 17 10:54:35 snout dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
> Aug 17 10:54:41 snout dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
> Aug 17 10:54:56 snout dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
> Aug 17 10:55:13 snout dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
> Aug 17 10:55:34 snout dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
> Aug 17 10:55:36 snout dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
> Aug 17 10:55:36 snout dhclient: No working leases in persistent database.
> Aug 17 10:55:36 snout dhclient: Sleeping.
>
> and it never finds anything after waking,and just cycles this. I can
> run a new dhclient and it is OK. As I am not always physically here
> inside the firewall I really need the dhclient to restart if it fails.
> Is there an obvious way of doing this?
>From 'man dhclient' Leases are stored in /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases
You can edit the expiry date into the future and it will negotiate the
last ip address given. It looks from what you are saying you always get
the same ip address anyway.. The leases file will show this..
Regards,
Peter.
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