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Re: DHCP server problem??



On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 10:10:21PM +0000, Dave Ewart wrote:
> On Monday, 07.11.2005 at 12:10 -0500, Don Hayward wrote:
> 
> > This is probably more of a Windows question (apologies for any
> > offense), but I'm running a Sarge system with dhcp3-server, and maybe
> > someone out there has seen this or has an idea.
> > 
> > I have a new Dell Optiplex XP system (Broadcom NetXtreme NIC) I set up
> > as a DHCP client.  When I enable the LAN interface on it, hundreds of
> > lines of the following show up in the server syslog.
> > 
> > Nov  7 09:57:33 isurus dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:12:3f:57:e3:f1 
> > (vetintern) via eth0
> > Nov  7 09:57:33 isurus dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 12.174.210.232 to 
> > 00:12:3f:57:e3:f1 (vetintern) via eth0
> > Nov  7 09:57:34 isurus dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 12.174.210.232 (12.174.210.2) 
> > from 00:12:3f:57:e3:f1 (vetintern) via eth0
> > Nov  7 09:57:34 isurus dhcpd: DHCPACK on 12.174.210.232 to 
> > 00:12:3f:57:e3:f1 (vetintern) via eth0
> > Nov  7 09:57:34 isurus dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:12:3f:57:e3:f1 
> > (vetintern) via eth0
> > Nov  7 09:57:34 isurus dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 12.174.210.232 to 
> > 00:12:3f:57:e3:f1 (vetintern) via eth0
> > Nov  7 09:57:35 isurus dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 12.174.210.232 (12.174.210.2) 
> > from 00:12:3f:57:e3:f1 (vetintern) via eth0
> > Nov  7 09:57:35 isurus dhcpd: DHCPACK on 12.174.210.232 to 
> > 00:12:3f:57:e3:f1 (vetintern) via eth0
> 
> Is it possible that a firewall on the Windows XP box is blocking the
> return DHCPACK?
> 

Probably not.  It worked for him when he tried my suggestion of using a
fixed address.

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto

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