Re: DHCPCD and Static IP's
Joseph Malicki (jmalicki@clampton.com)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0500
At 05:56 PM 98/12/14 -0500, Kevin Grey wrote:
>
>Hello People,
>
> I just recently had my dhcp server change my ip from a dynamic to
>a static. I did not need to change any configurations on my end, and I
>was online when the switch occurred. dhcpcd aquired a new lease on my new
>ip and everything worked perfectly until I rebooted. The network went
>dead on me. So I checked to see if it was requesting the former ip, but
>it wasn't. The error message was "no DHCPOFFER". I had to resort to
>hardcoding the IP into my box which is what's working right now. Anyone
>happen to know if this is a bug in dhcp or if its a misconfiguration on
>the server or client end? Anyone else ever experience this? Thanks for
>your time.
>
>~~Kev
Well, my University's DHCP server attempts to hand out static IP's based on
MAC address (not foolproof however, I have gotten several other IP's now and
then)... but it gets that message every once in a while, with no obvious reason
why..... If you get any ideas, I could try to test them for you some time....
(at least client side). But DHCP works flawlessly in all Windows boxes on the
network, so most likely dhcpcd trips up on some sort of data that the server is
handing out, or does something odd so that the server doesn't always like the
message....
Joseph Malicki
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