Peter, can you please take a look at the following bug report about CoLo. * Martin Koeppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-16 23:49]: > Package: colo > Version: 1.16-1 > Severity: normal > > When typing "net" in the colo shell, it does not receive an > IP address when connected to a Win2000 DHCP server. I traced > the network traffic during the DHCP phase: > > frame source IP destination IP content > source MAC destination MAC > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP Discover > cobalt's MAC ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 2 server's IP 255.255.255.255 DHCP Offer > server's MAC ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 3 0.0.0.0 server's IP DHCP Request > cobalt's MAC server's MAC > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > This sequence is then repeated 10 times, as the Win2000 DHCP > server seems to ignore the DHCP Request. No IP address is assigned. > > > Tracing the DHCP packets from dhcp-client_2.0pl5 or from the > Windows DHCP client produces: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP Discover > cobalt's MAC ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 2 server's IP 255.255.255.255 DHCP Offer > server's MAC ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 3 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP Request > cobalt's MAC ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 4 server's IP 255.255.255.255 DHCP Ack > server's MAC ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > The IP address is successfully assigned. > > RFC 2131 says in > chapter 3.1 client-server interaction - allocating a network address, > item 3 > that the DHCP Request packet must be broadcasted (and to the same > broadcast address as the DHCP Discover packet). > > With ISC dhcp3 server on Linux it happens to work nevertheless, however, > without broadcasting the DHCP Request. > > > Martin Köppe > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1
-- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/
