Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 08:22:20 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Ted Sikora <tsikora@ntplx.net> Cc: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dhclient messages Message-ID: <200205041522.g44FMKAF002354@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Ted Sikora <tsikora@ntplx.net> of "Sat, 04 May 2002 10:34:18 EDT." <3CD3F16A.A348273A@ntplx.net>
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In message <3CD3F16A.A348273A@ntplx.net>, Ted Sikora writes:
> David Wolfskill wrote:
> >
> > >Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 09:40:02 -0400
> > >From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@ntplx.net>
> >
> > >Anyway of turning these annoying messages off?
> > >Started after a cvsup/buildworld this week.
> > >It's filling up the messages file and using a term is almost impossible.
> >
> > >May 4 09:00:34 dhcp-209-xx-xx-xx dhclient: New Network Number:
> > >209.xx.xx.xx.xx
> > >May 4 09:00:34 dhcp-209-xx-xx-xx dhclient: New Broadcast Address:
> > >209.xx.xx.255
> >
> > Ummm.....
> >
> > * They should only show up when a lease is (re-)negotiated. I would
> > be surprised if this occurs with much frequency on a well-administered
> > network.
> >
> > * How does it affect "using a term"??
>
> The messages pop up over the term session.
> Not a few probably 10 or so in succession... after a renew I guess.
> Seems to come every few minutes. Haven't timed it.
>
> Here's my recent lease info:
>
> renew 6 2002/5/4 09:51:28;
> rebind 6 2002/5/4 10:19:44;
> expire 6 2002/5/4 10:27:14;
>
> so every 8 minutes or so they come I would guess.
> Should I have the renew times set longer? The dhcp server is Solaris.
Eight minutes does seem silly. If you manage the DHCP server, by all
means set the lease times longer. If you do not manage the the DHCP
server, the best you can do is request a longer lease time and hope
that you get it.
>
> I have 3 -stable servers and a workstation they are all doing it after I
> did a buildworld yesterday morning. Actually they first appeared after
> just a kernel build on one machine the day before.
>
> I had no messages on the console previously.
I'm not experiencing this problem, however I don't know what DHCP
server is being used by my cable company.
Is it possible that a change occurred on the DHCP server you use at or
around the time of your last buildworld?
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