Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:41:25 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Maxim Vetrov <muxas@mail.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: dhclient fixed leases
Message-ID:  <28BD0476-A2EE-4AD1-9E83-1E406366322A@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <43C81E6D.5010702@mail.ru>
References:  <43C81E6D.5010702@mail.ru>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156)
--Apple-Mail-5--64904436
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed


On 13 Jan 2006, at 21:41, Maxim Vetrov wrote:

> Hi to all,
>
> I can't configure dhclient to use fixed lease on a network with no  
> dhcp server. I use my notebook to connect to several different  
> networks. Some of them have dhcp servers, some do not. Just tired  
> of manual config on the latter. I've done man dhclient.conf and  
> found that I can cope with that. so there is my dhclient.conf:
>
> timeout 15;
> retry 180;
> reboot 5;
>
> lease {
>        interface "sis0";
>        fixed-address 10.0.1.4;
>        option routers 10.0.1.5;
>        option host-name "mobile";
>        option subnet-mask 255.255.255.248;
>        expire 5 2010/1/1 00:00:00;
>        renew 5 2010/1/1 0:0:0;
>        rebind 5 2010/1/1 0:0:0;
> }
>
> interface "sis0" {
>        send dhcp-lease-time 600;
>        send host-name "mobile";
>        request broadcast-address,routers,subnet-mask,domain- 
> name,domain-name-servers,time-servers,netbios-name-servers;
> }
>
> When it boots these messages are displayed:
>    > Trying recorded lease 10.0.1.4
>    > bound: renewal in 125116757 seconds.
> and nothing happen.
>
> The peer's address on the othe side of cross-wired cable is  
> 10.0.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.248. When I
> > ifconfig sis0 inet 10.0.1.4 netmask 255.255.255.248 up
> and ping connection is alive.
>
> What do I do wrong?

Pass, but I found the same when I tried this a few weeks ago.
Then Santa gave me a new access point which came free with a whole bunch
of other problems so I didn't look into it too hard.  I'm glad it's not
just me, though.

Ceri

--Apple-Mail-5--64904436
content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453;
	name=PGP.sig
content-description: This is a digitally signed message part
content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig
content-transfer-encoding: 7bit

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin)

iD8DBQFDx5/1me8yCsQvJJ0RAloQAJ9jw/lR5DkVkuC5lvYXvzlabLN5ngCgr/fL
PhroIIbDLmkTb2mg4nweL88=
=ooZq
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--Apple-Mail-5--64904436--



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?28BD0476-A2EE-4AD1-9E83-1E406366322A>