From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 25 15:17:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34F4916A4CF for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:17:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from pit.databus.com (p70-227.acedsl.com [66.114.70.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC65D43D31 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:17:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: from pit.databus.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pit.databus.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i2PNDs18014091; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:13:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: (from barney@localhost) by pit.databus.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i2PNDsWH014090; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:13:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:13:54 -0500 From: Barney Wolff To: Andrew Gallatin Message-ID: <20040325231354.GA13717@pit.databus.com> References: <16483.20403.495385.471493@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <16483.24213.455973.704227@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16483.24213.455973.704227@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 cc: Mike Silbersack cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ok, who broke interface autoconfiguration? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 23:17:13 -0000 On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 05:35:01PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Daniel Eischen writes: > > > > A co-worker was experiencing the same type of problem with em0 > > and getting DHCP leases from a cable modem. It was working > > then started having intermittent problems when he cvsup'd > > 2 or 3 weeks ago. I just blamed it on the cable modem/company > > but perhaps there's something else at play? > > I think so. But I just spent the last 45 minutes trying > to reproduce it and couldn't. I'm sure the next time > my wife boots her computer, though, it will fail.. :-( I've had it happen a couple of times. Dunno why. rm of the leases file in /var/db on the client fixed the symptom every time. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.