From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JGaaJ-0003Uq-75 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:51:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 69D54E084E; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:51:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.49]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 964FEE083D for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20080120135248.MGXG20647.mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:52:48 +0000 Received: from aldbera2.winn.cable.ntl.net ([80.6.59.180]) by aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20080120135252.KBON219.aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aldbera2.winn.cable.ntl.net> for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:52:52 +0000 From: Tony Davison To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Net / dhcp (miss)behaviour Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:51:05 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <9238e8de0801180909p758315d6p783b50efa8ec22ff@mail.gmail.com> <200801182332.05010.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <9238e8de0801191409h247a37b8ka3d2aa318bfae5de@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9238e8de0801191409h247a37b8ka3d2aa318bfae5de@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801201351.05575.tony.davison2@ntlworld.com> X-Archives-Salt: e7416bf5-e3e4-4acf-927c-2dd38f64bfe1 X-Archives-Hash: 2f6e5be496608c6fb256847d095a6395 On Saturday 19 January 2008 22:09:50 Marko Koci=C4=87 wrote: > > I wonder if my similar problem is related to what you report here: I am > > using dhcpcd and ifplug with my ADSL router, which acts as the dhcp > > server on my LAN. For some reason ifplug does not always manage to get > > an IP address from the router and I end up with an APIPA address.=20 > > /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop/start gets it going again. This problem only > > occurs if I disconnect and then reconnect the ethernet cable. No such > > problem exists when I boot the machine with the cable already connected > > to the NIC. I haven't changed timeouts or anything else from the dhcpcd > > defaults. I have always attributed this problem to a somewhat slow dhcp > > server on the router. > > It is similar, with a difference that /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart > doesn't help. I tried > enlarging timeout but with no help. > > > As a note: WinXP machines do not have any such problem. Even though > > they may end up with a APIPA address, they will in minute or so drop it > > and acquire a 10.10.10.XXX domain address from the router. dhcpcpd does > > not seem to have this flexibility. > > I noticed that in most cases after I boot to windows, when I reboot > back to linux I can't connect. > When I reboot back to windows, net is up. > > When it fails I noticed that it send DHCP requests, but doesn't get a > response. > > I tried dhclient, dhcpd and pump, and the results are allways the > same. It happens in the evenings, when internet traffic is high. Windows is not releasing the lease correctly, so the CM ignores request fro= m=20 the same MAC address for a new leasr, workround is to reboot the cm whem yo= u=20 reboot to gentoo. This works in the UK YMMV elsewhere. =2D- Tony Davison -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list