Re: DHCP client problem

[David Fokkema <fokkema@nat.vu.nl>]

> On the dhcpd side (which is a RedHat system) I get:
>
> dhcpd: Reclaiming abandoned IP address 192.168.1.198.
> dhcpd: Abandoning IP address 192.168.1.198: pinged be fore offer
> dhcpd: Reclaiming abandoned IP address 192.168.1.200.
>
> After that, the client gets a new address and everything is fine again,
> until the next lease expires. The whole thing repeats every 10 minutes.
>
> Does any1 have a clue or at least wether its a client or a server problem?

If you install tcpdump and dhcpdump you can do:

	tcpdump -lenx -s 1500 port bootps or port bootpc | dhcpdump

(see man dhcpdump) to get information about all DHCP packets that back and
forth between you and the server. You can see all DISCOVERS, OFFERS,
REQUESTS, ACKs and NAKs. Maybe this might shed some ligth on your problem.

David