[TriLUG] DHCP renewal problems

[Christopher L Merrill]

Alan Porter wrote:
>> Any ideas?  I don't even know where to start googling...
> 
> 
> Try setting the address manually:
> 
>    ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.103 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

Any invocation of "ifconfig" results in a non-responsive terminal (i.e. it hangs).

> And then see if you can see the DHCP server:
> 
>    ping 192.168.1.1
> 
> You may need to set a route:
> 
>    route add default dev eth0
> 
> See if there are any firewall rules:
> 
>    iptables -L -n -v

iptables is not installed

> Post your DHCP client's config file here.  Some might have clauses
> about "request" and "require" that can cause the client to refuse
> an offered address.

Would that be /etc/dhcpclient.conf or something similar?  There is
no /etc/dhcp* on the machines in question.  I assume that means
it is using all default settings.

> Post your DHCP server's config file here.  There might be some
> special entry for the server that works, and might be missing for
> the one that doesn't.

Here it is.

#	$OpenBSD: dhcpd.conf,v 1.1 1998/08/19 04:25:45 form Exp $
#
# DHCP server options.
# See dhcpd.conf(5) and dhcpd(8) for more information.
#

# Network:		192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
# Domain name:		my.domain
# Name servers:		192.168.1.3 and 192.168.1.5
# Default router:	192.168.1.1
# Addresses:		192.168.1.32 - 192.168.1.127
#
shared-network LOCAL-NET {
#	option  domain-name "my.domain";
#	option  domain-name-servers 24.25.5.60, 24.25.5.61;
	option  domain-name-servers 24.25.4.108, 24.25.4.109;

	subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
		option routers 192.168.1.1;
#		option static-routes 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.101;
		range 192.168.1.200 192.168.1.249;
	}
	subnet 24.172.127.52 netmask 255.255.255.252 {
	}
}


TIA,
Chris

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