Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:01:18 -0600 From: GB/DEV - Doug Poland <doug.poland@omniresources.com> To: 'trini0' <trini0@optonline.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: restarting or renewing dhclient Message-ID: <DF5018B3C986D11196FF0060089A903C32CCA6@gbdev.omniresource.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: trini0 [mailto:trini0@optonline.net] > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 12:55 > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: restarting or renewing dhclient > > > Hey all. I have had my box serving my lan on a > cable modem with the same external ip address, > until this morning. I had to restart the box > in order to get the network going again. I > tried looking in man 5 dhclient.conf for clues > to see if I could say restart/refresh dhclient > once a day. I came across a renew statement, > but it seems limited in its time field format, > unlike cron's. Does anyone know of a way to > flush, restart/renew dhclient. I know about > isc mailing list, I figured I'd ask here before > subscribing with them, just for one ?. > Thanks > > -- > trini0@optonline.net I'm using RoadRunner and have been experiencing a similar problem. Often, between 2-12 hours before /var/db/dhclient.leases renew specifies, I loose connectivity to any machine past my cable modem. If I leave it alone, dhclient will renew the lease at the specified time. Since I'm obviously not willing to wait, I wrote a cron/shell script that polls my ISP's dns, if it get's no response, and forces a dhclient refresh. It's worked well in the month or so I've been using it. Let me know if you want it and I'll send it to you. -- Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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