Frequent DHCP requests from Wii
This is particularly a FreeBSD question, but finding that there isn't
a newsgroup for DHCP (and I am running dhcpd on FreeBSD), I'll ask here.
We've got a Wii in the house, and I've got an entry for it in my
dhcpd.conf
host wii { hardware ethernet 00:19:1d:dd:66:d3; fixed-address
wii.ewd.goldmark.org; }
which correctly resolves to 10.1.10.145
And everything works fine. However, the Wii keeps on making requests
every few minutes. Here is a bit of the dhcpd logs. The requests
come at irregular 1, 2, 5, and 9 minute intervals in this bit of the
log.
Jan 9 11:59:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 11:59:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:01:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:01:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:07:07 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:07:07 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:12:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:12:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:14:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:14:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:17:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:17:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:25:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:25:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:27:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:27:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:36:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:36:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:37:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:37:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:38:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:38:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to 00:19:1d:dd:
66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 12:43:31 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.146 from
00:80:77:88:6f:f1 via em0
Jan 9 12:43:31 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.146 to
00:80:77:88:6f:f1 via em0
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Re: Frequent DHCP requests from Wii
Quoting Jeffrey Goldberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
This is particularly a FreeBSD question, but finding that there isn't
a newsgroup for DHCP (and I am running dhcpd on FreeBSD), I'll ask
here.
We've got a Wii in the house, and I've got an entry for it in my dhcpd.conf
host wii { hardware ethernet 00:19:1d:dd:66:d3; fixed-address
wii.ewd.goldmark.org; }
which correctly resolves to 10.1.10.145
And everything works fine. However, the Wii keeps on making requests
every few minutes. Here is a bit of the dhcpd logs. The requests
come at irregular 1, 2, 5, and 9 minute intervals in this bit of the
log.
Jan 9 11:59:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.10.145 from
00:19:1d:dd:66:d3 via em0
Jan 9 11:59:08 kreacher dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.1.10.145 to
00:19:1d:dd: 66:d3 via em0
[additional log entries snipped]
Was there a question in there somewhere? :)
You could try putting a long-ish default-lease-time statement in your
subnet clause in dhcpd.conf. See also the max-lease-time and
min-lease-time statments in dhcpd.conf(5).
If you have those already and the Wii isn't respecting them then that's
an issue to take up with Nintendo. You could also consider setting the
IP on the Wii statically (not sure if that's supported or if you move
it around to different networks at all) or trying to adjust dhcpd's
logging if that's all that's bothering you...
JN
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Re: Frequent DHCP requests from Wii
On Jan 9, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
We've got a Wii in the house, and I've got an entry for it in my
dhcpd.conf
host wii { hardware ethernet 00:19:1d:dd:66:d3; fixed-address
wii.ewd.goldmark.org; }
which correctly resolves to 10.1.10.145
And everything works fine. However, the Wii keeps on making
requests every few minutes. Here is a bit of the dhcpd logs. The
requests come at irregular 1, 2, 5, and 9 minute intervals in this
bit of the log.
Do you have an entry like:
default-lease-time 10;
...in your dhcpd.conf? That might help convince the Wii to keep hold
of its lease for a longer period of time without continuously renewing
it every few minutes. Otherwise, talk to Sega or whoever about their
DHCP client...
--
-Chuck
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Re: Frequent DHCP requests from Wii
On Jan 9, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: Do you have an entry like: default-lease-time 10; ...in your dhcpd.conf? For the particular subnet, I've got this default-lease-time 14400; max-lease-time 172800; That might help convince the Wii to keep hold of its lease for a longer period of time without continuously renewing it every few minutes. Unfortunately that doesn't help. But I thank you and others for this suggestion. I'll try setting min-lease-time (currently unset) to something like 1200 and see if that helps. Otherwise, talk to Sega or whoever about their DHCP client... You and others have made the same comment. Even if Nintendo's DHCP client is obnoxious, I certainly have a greater chance of gaining a better understanding of what is going on by asking here than by approaching Nintendo. Basically what I wanted to know is whether what I'm seeing is anything to worry about. The answer is apparently not. Cheers, -j -- Jeffrey Goldberghttp://www.goldmark.org/jeff/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
