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On 26/07/2016 18:53, Andrew Lowe wrote: |
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> On 27/07/16 00:10, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> On 26/07/2016 18:01, Andrew Lowe wrote: |
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>>> Hi all, |
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>>> I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem |
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>>> turned on before the computer otherwise, I wouldn't get an IP address. |
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>>> Then something changed. One day I forgot to turn on the modem first. I |
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>>> turned the machine on then realised the modem wasn't on, I turned it, |
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>>> the modem, on and prepared to reboot the machine only to see an IP |
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>>> address appear. |
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>>> |
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>>> It appeared that dhcp was now periodically attempting to get an |
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>>> address whereas in the past, if on boot it didn't find one, that was it, |
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>>> it just gave up. It appears that my machine has now, for some reason |
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>>> reverted to "the olden days" of IP address allocation. No modem at boot, |
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>>> no IP address. Reboot the machine, with the modem continuing to run, and |
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>>> I get an IP address. When I have no IP address, I can run "dhcpcd |
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>>> restart" and I'll get one. |
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>>> |
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>>> Anyone got any idea as to what has changed? What should I be looking |
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>>> for to fiddle to get my preferred behaviour, modem/machine startup in |
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>>> any order and I'll get an IP address. Is there a dchp "polling time" or |
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>>> something similar that I need to set to get this running nicely again? |
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>>> Thoughts greatly appreciated, |
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>>> Andrew |
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>> There's no single global default, that is set is whatever dhcp client |
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>> you are using. Which one is it? |
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> dhcpcd |
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Thanks. What's in your /etc/dhcpcd.conf and related network |
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configs/settings? |