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On Thursday 06 December 2007, Grant wrote: |
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> I just spent a few hours trying to fix a problem where my Gentoo |
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> router would only dhcp the ip address of the cable modem instead of |
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> the proper IP address from the WAN. I ended up enabling USE=vram and |
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> it worked again. |
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> |
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> # equery uses dhcpcd |
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> + + vram : Disable DUID due to volatile media, such as a LiveCD |
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> I had just previously booted to a Damn Small Linux LiveCD when the |
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> trouble started so I'm thinking the CD tried to dhcp from my cable |
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> internet provider without a DUID which caused the provider to change |
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> something which means that I need to disable the DUID from now on? |
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> It's confusing but that's the best I can come up with. |
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> |
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> The point is: be careful when using dhcp from a LiveCD. Your system |
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> might act differently the next time you boot the hard drive. |
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The dhcpcd was changed recently and not all dhcp servers take kindly to it, |
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when it uses DUID the way it does (some servers depend on DUID passing on to |
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them the MAC of the client). The solution I also found was to set the vram |
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flag. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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