Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:32:28 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> Cc: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Frequent DHCP requests from Wii Message-ID: <7E8E0248-9CA1-4EFB-BC4C-6381CC3CD13E@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <E92D3571-2682-4CA6-B738-C7828EAD935E@goldmark.org> References: <E92D3571-2682-4CA6-B738-C7828EAD935E@goldmark.org>
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On Jan 9, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
> We've got a Wii in the house, and I've got an entry for it in my
> dhcpd.conf
>
> host wii { hardware ethernet 00:19:1d:dd:66:d3; fixed-address
> wii.ewd.goldmark.org; }
>
> which correctly resolves to 10.1.10.145
>
> And everything works fine. However, the Wii keeps on making
> requests every few minutes. Here is a bit of the dhcpd logs. The
> requests come at irregular 1, 2, 5, and 9 minute intervals in this
> bit of the log.
Do you have an entry like:
default-lease-time 100000;
...in your dhcpd.conf? That might help convince the Wii to keep hold
of its lease for a longer period of time without continuously renewing
it every few minutes. Otherwise, talk to Sega or whoever about their
DHCP client...
--
-Chuck
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