On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Tom Metro
<[email protected]<tmetro%[email protected]>
> wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>
>> ...it looks like the problem is dhcp related.
>>
>
> Agreed.
>
>
>
> Here's the logs:
>>
>> Dec 6 21:47:00 myMythBE dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:fe:00:xx:xx via
>> eth0 Dec 6 21:47:00 myMythBE dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.2.203 to
>> 00:0d:fe:00:xx:xx via eth0
>> Dec 6 21:47:18 myMythBE dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from
>> 00:0d:fe:00:xx:xx via eth0 Dec 6 21:47:18 myMythBE dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on
>> 192.168.2.203 to 00:0d:fe:00:xx:xx via eth0
>>
>>
>
> It appears to be cycling between discover/offer, and never completing the
> DHCP transaction.
>
> A normal DHCP transaction involves the exchange of 4 packets:
> 1. Client sends a discover broadcast.
> 2. Any listening DHCP servers send back an offer packet.
> 3. The client picks an offer it likes, and responds to a specific DHCP
> server.
> 4. That DHCP server sends back an acknowledgment, which contains basically
> the same info as in the offer.
>
> Thanks for the explanation.
> (Check the list archives for log transcripts of a full successful exchange.
> A successful mvpmc boot will have two sets, as it also requests an IP via
> DHCP as part of its startup process.)
>
I see an example of a good dhcp transaction with my Rev H MediaMVP (on the
same dhcp server).
>
> The latter two packets don't appear to be showing up in your log. That
> seems to suggests that the MVP's bootloader firmware either doesn't like the
> offer, or it is accepting another DHCP server's offer, failing to find the
> dongle where expected, and restarting the boot sequence.
>
> You did turn off DHCP in your Netgear router, right?
>
Yes, but the Netgear router is still on my network (has to be, of course). I
wonder if it still functions as a dhcp server even after the setting is
turned off in the admin tool? (Next I'll try a reboot after changing that
router setting.)
>
> -Tom
>
>
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