multiple DHCP servers on networks, discrepancy between /servers/socket/2 and inetutils-ifconfig

[harish badrinath <harishbadrinath@gmail.com>]

Hello,
I am on a network with multiple DHCP servers.  Given below is my
interfaces file.
    <snip>
    cat /etc/network/interfaces
    # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
    # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

    # The loopback network interface
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback

    # The primary network interface
    auto eth0
    iface eth0 inet dhcp
    </snip>
As soon as the machine boots up, i issue the following commands.
    <snip>
    root@debian:~# showtrans /servers/socket/2
    /hurd/pfinet -i eth0 -a 10.21.22.230 -m 255.255.0.0 -g 10.21.250.1
    root@debian:~# inetutils-ifconfig
    eth0 (2):
      inet address  10.21.22.230
      netmask       255.255.0.0
      broadcast     10.21.255.255
      flags         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
      mtu           1500
      metric        1

    lo (1):
      inet address  127.0.0.1
      netmask       255.0.0.0
      flags         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING
      mtu           3924
      metric        1
    </snip>
Then i run dhcpclient to get IP in the range i want. So i execute
dhclient as shown below.
    <snip>
    root@debian:~# dhclient eth0
    root@debian:~# inetutils-ifconfig
    eth0 (2):
      inet address  10.101.201.160
      netmask       255.255.0.0
      broadcast     10.101.255.255
      flags         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
      mtu           1500
      metric        1

    lo (1):
      inet address  127.0.0.1
      netmask       255.0.0.0
      flags         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING
      mtu           3924
      metric        1
    </snip>
I now have the IP address that i want, but servers/socket/2 shows info
that contradicts what is
being shown by inetutils-ifconfig.
    <snip>
    root@debian:~# showtrans /servers/socket/2
    /hurd/pfinet -i eth0 -a 10.21.22.230 -m 255.255.0.0 -g 10.21.250.1
    </snip>
So i ping the interfaces, i get
    <snip>
    root@debian:~# ping 10.21.22.230
    PING 10.21.22.230 (10.21.22.230): 56 data bytes


    ^C
    ^C^C^C
    --- 10.21.22.230 ping statistics ---
    9 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
    root@debian:~# ping 10.101.201.160
    PING 10.101.201.160 (10.101.201.160): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 10.101.201.160: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=40.000 ms
    64 bytes from 10.101.201.160: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=10.000 ms
    64 bytes from 10.101.201.160: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=10.000 ms
    64 bytes from 10.101.201.160: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=10.000 ms
    64 bytes from 10.101.201.160: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=10.000 ms
    64 bytes from 10.101.201.160: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=10.000 ms
    64 bytes from 10.101.201.160: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=0.000 ms
    ^C--- 10.101.201.160 ping statistics ---
    8 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 12% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.000/12.857/40.000/11.606 ms
    </snip>.
This was reproducible at least twice, on my machine.
Regards,
Harish Badrinath