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Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Friday 11 September 2009, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > However, when I put the -d, it didn't tell me anything except that |
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> > dhcpcd sent several discover packets and then said timeout, so my |
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> > original question still remains -- why a timeout with 5.1 with the same |
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> > dhcpcd.conf and no timeout with 4.0.13. |
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> It may be a bug. The trick is how do you establish who the bug belongs to? |
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> dhcpcd-5.1 or your router's firmware? |
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> I recall similar incident with my router and an older dhcpcd version (can look |
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> through the M/L for a URL if you need me to) whereby the MAC address sent by |
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> dhcpcd was not being picked up by the router. The router was looking for |
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> that info in the ID field or some such. Having had static IP addresses for |
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> my LAN machines meant that my PC would not be given the reserved IP address |
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> and then dhcpcd would eventually time out. My router's firmware was not |
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> compliant with the respective RFC that dhcpcd was upgraded to. |
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> The fix I came up with was router specific, therefore I do not have a useful |
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> suggestion for your circumstances I'm afraid - other than: |
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> Try static IP address for your machine (use ifconfig to set this up and route |
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> to set up the gw). |
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> Try using a different dhcp client to see if the problem persists. |
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> Try updating your router's firmware just in case. |
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> File a bug for dhcpcd-5.1 with your findings. |
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> PS. Other than testing is there a reason why you don't use a stable dhcpcd |
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> version? |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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I am using unstable generally, so it just came in the update. I have no |
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router, this is FIOS from Verizon. |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |