Harry, > >> After this my network link goes down and comes up again with the new > >> address. > >> > >> Any ideas what would cause the dhcpd to give me a new address instead of > >> assigning the same again? > > > > Are you sure there is not even a DHCPNAK received? And I'm puzzled, since > > tcpdump|dhcpdump should show you the OFFER, REQUEST and ACK for the new > > address... > > I assume that these packages are exchanged right after eth0 comes up again. > Unfortunately tcpdump dies when the interface goes down and the connection > is back up (with a new address) already when I can start tcpdump again. :-/
This is really strange behaviour. I don't understand it at all. Shutting down your connection can only be done by your box, right? I see no reason why your connection should be shut down, especially if your dhcp client does not receive a DHCPNAK packet, which tells it that the current address may not be used anymore. Are you sure your client is not dying from a segfault or something? I really have no clue other than that it might be a _very_ buggy client or strange server behaviour, :-( David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
