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Date:      Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:21:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        "Daniel J. O'Connor" <darius@dons.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: DHCP, arp and de0
Message-ID:  <199906152321.TAA15620@smtp4.erols.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990613182527.darius@dons.net.au>

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On 13-Jun-99 Daniel J. O'Connor wrote:
> Hi,
> I have tried getting my system to use DHCP on my local network, but I'm
> having
> trouble.
> If I don't use DHCP everything works fine, but if I use DHCP I get the
> following messages appearing in my log file when I use ESD, and try and ping
> my LAN IP.
> Jun 13 17:35:21 guppy /kernel: arplookup 127.0.0.1 failed: could not allocate
> llinfo
> Jun 13 17:35:21 guppy /kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for
> 127.0.0.1rt
> 
> I notcied also that the arp table doesn't have an entry for my IP when I use
> DHCP. When I don't use DHCP I have a line like
> guppy.dons.net.au (203.31.81.9) at 0:80:ad:16:77:3e permanent [ethernet]
> 
> in the arp table, but its not there when I use DHCP. I can't add it by hand
> either.
> 
> I am running -current as of this morning (ie 12 Jun 10:30am GMT), and I have
> a
> Digital 21140 base 10/100 card. It has 2 ports, one for 10 and the other for
> 100 mbits (lame). Personally I suspect the driver since I've had other
> strangness with arp and this card when I try and change media, but I could be
> way off base.
> 
> Any ideas?

Are you using the built-in dhcp client (/sbin/dhclient)?  If so, what does the
output look like during boot up?  What does 'ifconfig -i de0' show?  Also, do
you have a lease in /var/db/dhcp.leases?

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