Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 14:04:34 -0400 From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@ntplx.net> To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dhclient messages Message-ID: <3CD422B2.45E4574D@ntplx.net> References: <200205041522.g44FMKAF002354@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group wrote: > > In message <3CD3F16A.A348273A@ntplx.net>, Ted Sikora writes: > > David Wolfskill wrote: > > > > > > > > > * 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'll ask for a longer time. They may be working on it. 8 minutes seems crazy especially... almost suspicious after denying my request for an unlimited lease so I can use static routing(for some ancient Alpha machines). > > > > > 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? > Did not think to ask.. I'll find out. -- Ted Sikora tsikora@unixos2.org http://unixos2.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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