After my latest upgrade this week (I'm running etch), the DHCP address allocated to my machine has changed from being one allocated by my DHCP router to being some external address. This results in the machine on my network not being able to see my machine.
Previously, the router allocated an address with a subnet mask 192.168.0.255. Now ifconfig is showing 169.254.106.31, which means that the other machine, which has address 192.168.0.101 can't see me. What is strange is that I'm getting the normal DHCP setup messages on the console: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1 bound to 192.168.0.100 -- renewal in 302400 seconds. but the actual address is different. I tried disconnecting the router from the outside world, and the address then was 192.168.0.100 (which is what I used to get, and what I want). I presume that when I'm connected, the DHCP request is getting transmitted to my ISP and its reply is being picked up and is overwriting the 192.168.0.100 allocated by the router. Is it possible to make dhclient filter out any address which is not 192.168.0.x so that my network works? -- David Jarvie. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
