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Date:      27 Feb 2001 09:36:48 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: need help with dhcp relay
Message-ID:  <44lmqschvj.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
In-Reply-To: kesu@kesuki.dyndns.org's message of "24 Feb 2001 09:57:29 %2B0100"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102240217110.85197-100000@kesuki.dyndns.org>

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kesu@kesuki.dyndns.org (Ryan Ryttie) writes:

> My ISP's dhcp server allots me 3 real IP address and uses the NIC's MAC
> address for 'verification.' I've been trying to 'simplify' my network by
> using a DHCP relay.  dhcp.org listed wide dhcp, so I've been trying to
> configure it, but keep getting errors when the designated PCs attempt to
> connect across the relay.
> Feb 24 02:42:14 kesuki /kernel: arp: 24.116.40.145 is on dc0 but got reply
> from 00:50:ba:d1:72:0a on rl0
> was the first error I got, so I tried `arp -d 24.116.40.145` 
> that didn't help, so i then tried `route change 24.116.40.145 -ifp rl0`
> which caused this error.
> Feb 24 02:44:42 kesuki routed[84802]: static route 24.116.40.145/32 -->
> 0.0.0.0 impossibly lacks ifp
> Feb 24 02:44:54 kesuki routed[84802]: 24.116.40.145/32 --> 0.0.0.0
> disappeared from kernel

Hmm.  This looks like you're using a hub to connect all of the
machines, including your ISP.  Don't do that; if your machines can
broadcast packets directly to the ISP, then you don't need and
shouldn't use a DHCP relay.


> On a side note, wide-dhcp has a very poor man page and the above applies
> to running `relay dc0` any other variation of ethernet interfaces causes
> relay to crash with the error 
> Feb 24 02:32:11 kesuki relay[85233]: bind() error in forwarding()
> 
> If anyone can help, it would be appreciated.
> 
> --- 12:00PM up 63 days, 1:16, 6 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00
> Fortune of the day:
> "He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both
> eyes ..."
> 
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