Thank you Simon. I will try that.
Henk. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Simon Kelley Verzonden: donderdag 22 december 2005 12:04 Aan: Henk van der Meer CC: [email protected] Onderwerp: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] bootp "address in use" Henk van der Meer wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am trying to get a Hauppauge Mediamvp running with something called mvpmc. > > The Mediamvp is a media player running Linux. > > What is actually does is boot a Linux image from the network. Then it > loads a config file that acts a a boot script. > > > > I use dnsmasq to as my dhcp server. > > (OpenWrt, dnsmasq 2.22) > > > > What happens is this: > > 1 I have given the Mediamvp a fixed address in dnsmasq.conf > > 2 The Mediamvp boots and does a DHCPDiscover > > 3 dnsmasq does a DHCPOffer > > 4 The Mediamvp loads its first file with tftp > > 5 Next is does a bootp > > > > When the computer running dnsmasq just rebooted or when I throw away the > dhcp.leases file everything goes OK. > > But the next boots of the Mediamvp fail because dnsmasq sees the IP > address is in use and signals an error: > > BOOTP(br0) 192.168.7.66 00:0d:fe:00:75:c5 address in use. > > > > Yes, it is in use. But by the mac address using it. > > > > Does any body have a suggestion? > > Try upgrading to version 2.24. The code was changed, I think between 2.22 and 2.23, to treat BOOTP more like an infinite DHCP lease. That makes hosts which use both BOOTP and DHCP work much better. Cheers, Simon. _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
