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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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Something must have changed on my ISP's end when my router tried to |
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dhcp via the Damn Small Linux LiveCD. It had been running dhcp just |
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fine ever since I switched to this ISP (Cox) and failed every time |
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after I booted that LiveCD until I enabled vram. |
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- Grant |
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