Re: dhcp client bugs?
I haven't found pump to be terribly reliable in talking to my local
@home DHCP server(s)... I ended up removing it and instead using dhcpcd.
That, at least, reliably pulls an IP, as long as I make sure there's no
cache file available to it before it attempts to negotiate.
It sounds like what they're trying to tell you is that supposedly your
box negotiated for an IP, and began using it, but the DHCP server at
their end tried to award the IP to another client afterward. Is this something
that happened as soon as your box negotiated for the IP, or did it
happen when you tried to renew the lease? If they're going to make
these claims, the least that they could do is tell you where the
negotiation broke down.
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 11:53:43AM +0300, Antti Tolamo wrote:
> Joe Hu wrote:
>
> >My cable modem provider, RCN, told me today that my linux box, which runs
> >dhcp client, sent out false information to RCN's dhcp server in such a way
> >that the dhcp server still thought the IP taken by my linux box was free.
> >That caused other RCN customers unable to connect to the network due to IP
> >conflict. They also told me that they found there are bugs in linux dhcp
> >software and I must download some patches to fix it. But they didnot tell
> >me
> >where to get patches. RCN also warned me that they would shut down my
> >account if the problem is not solved.
> >
> >Does any of you know of any bugs in pump/dhcp-client/dhcpcd? Also, can
> >someone tell me which client package is the most stable one? I believe my
> >computer uses pump by default. I installed debian potato.
> >
> >Thank you in advance,
> >joe
> >
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> Not from my own experience, but from others, I can say
> that pump does seem to cause problems to many people.
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> Infact just a week or so in this list somebody had problems
> with ISP and pump, I and I recommenned switching
> to dchp from pump. And the problems disappeared.
>
> I've also used dchp server in very limited scale, but
> so far I've not encountered any bugs or problems.
> Don't know how it is with bigger networks,
> no experience of them.
>
> Antti
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