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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.

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Ted Sikora
tsikora@unixos2.org
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