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Date:      Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:12:54 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ok, who broke interface autoconfiguration?
Message-ID:  <200407211412.54225.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <40FDC87E.7070602@mac.com>
References:  <20040326001705.W34892@cvs.imp.ch> <16637.49545.42904.484648@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <40FDC87E.7070602@mac.com>

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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:05, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> [ ... ]
>
> > I think the key might be the dhcp server message:  "  unknown lease
> > 0.0.0.0."
>
> If memory serves, the ISC DHCP software can become petulant and confused =
by
> its own leases file if/when internal structures change in size.  Perhaps
> try "rm /var/db/dhc*.leases" and see whether that fixes things.

I see it get confused when nothing gets changed.

It sits there for $longtime (might be forever, not sure). The only fix I ha=
ve=20
found is to kill it, delete dhclient.leases and re-run it..
(This is on IA32)

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