From owner-freebsd-stable Sat May 4 11:27: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB5DB37B41B for ; Sat, 4 May 2002 11:26:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id LAA08626; Sat, 4 May 2002 11:26:51 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda08624; Sat May 4 11:26:49 2002 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.6/8.9.1) id g44IQi871103; Sat, 4 May 2002 11:26:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from UNKNOWN(10.1.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpds71099; Sat May 4 11:26:28 2002 Received: from cwsys (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g44IQSAF065127; Sat, 4 May 2002 11:26:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsys.cwsent.com) Message-Id: <200205041826.g44IQSAF065127@cwsys.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: Ted Sikora Cc: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group , "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: dhclient messages In-Reply-To: Message from Ted Sikora of "Sat, 04 May 2002 14:04:34 EDT." <3CD422B2.45E4574D@ntplx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 11:26:28 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3CD422B2.45E4574D@ntplx.net>, Ted Sikora writes: > 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). You might be able to specify the request in your dhclient.conf file, e.g., request dhcp-lease-time 172800; Some DHCP servers require the following instead: send requested-lease-time 172800; Chances are, the DHCP server may deny your request so you may have to talk to someone. Cheers, Phone: 250-387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: 250-387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, CITS Ministry of Management Services Province of BC FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message