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Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:09:42 +0100
From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
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Subject: Re: dhclient fixed leases
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Maxim Vetrov wrote:

> I can't configure dhclient to use fixed lease on a network with no dhcp 
> server. I use my notebook to connect to several different networks. Some 
> of them have dhcp servers, some do not. Just tired of manual config on 
> the latter. I've done man dhclient.conf and found that I can cope with 
> that. so there is my dhclient.conf:
> 
> timeout 15;
> retry 180;
> reboot 5;
> 
> lease {
>        interface "sis0";
>        fixed-address 10.0.1.4;
>        option routers 10.0.1.5;
>        option host-name "mobile";
>        option subnet-mask 255.255.255.248;
>        expire 5 2010/1/1 00:00:00;
>        renew 5 2010/1/1 0:0:0;
>        rebind 5 2010/1/1 0:0:0;
> }
> 
> interface "sis0" {
>        send dhcp-lease-time 600;
>        send host-name "mobile";
>        request 
> broadcast-address,routers,subnet-mask,domain-name,domain-name-servers,time-servers,netbios-name-servers; 
> 
> }
> 
> When it boots these messages are displayed:
>    > Trying recorded lease 10.0.1.4
>    > bound: renewal in 125116757 seconds.
> and nothing happen.
> 
> The peer's address on the othe side of cross-wired cable is 10.0.1.5 
> netmask 255.255.255.248. When I
>  > ifconfig sis0 inet 10.0.1.4 netmask 255.255.255.248 up
> and ping connection is alive.
> 
> What do I do wrong?

1st: Which version of FreeBSD do you use? There is significant 
difference between 5.x and prior and 6.x and posterior.

There was a discussion a few weeks ago, see "Wireless NIC in FreeBSD 
6.0", I suggested to try to include a "default" section in the interface 
section, but the I never got an answer if this worked.

Regards, Erik