On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Tim Judd<taj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Replies inline > > On 6/18/09, Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: >> On Thursday 18 June 2009 10:27:44 Tim Judd wrote: >>> Long ago in 2007, I saw a M$ article that describes that Vista has an >>> extremely short delay period to get an IP. If it doesn't get it >>> within 1 second, it gives up (and maybe tries again). Common DHCP >>> servers ping an IP address, wait 1 second for a reply, and if no >>> reply, assumes the IP is available and leases it to the booting >>> computer. >> ISC-dhcpd doesn't work that way. It keeps a lease db and assumes it's db is >> the authority on available iP's for the range. > > dhcpd.conf(5) > search for ping-check or ping-timeout > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dhcpd.conf&apropos=0&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html > > >> >>> Is your DHCP server authoritative? >> >> Yes: >> authoritative; >> ddns-update-style interim; >> >> subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { >> range 192.168.2.200 192.168.2.254; >> >> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; >> option broadcast-address 255.255.255.255; >> option domain-name "lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net"; >> option domain-name-servers 192.168.2.51; >> option routers 192.168.2.1; >> >> option ntp-servers 192.168.2.10; >> option wpad "http://192.168.2.100/proxy.pac";; >> >> # Dynamic DNS setup >> <snipped for brevity> >> } > > A broadcast of 255.255.255.255 is misconfigured (not saying it's not > gonna work, I'm saying for your network, it's not configured right). > you need broadcast-address 192.168.2.255 >
That is not 100% correct. By default, dhclient will send an initial DHCPREQUST to 0.0.0.0 (meaning "this network"). The request is picked up from the DHCP server broadcasting on 255.255.255.255. -- Glen Barber _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
