[ale] DHCP - please help!

[kaboom at gatech.edu (Chris Ricker)]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Jonathan Feldman wrote:

> Not to be a bull in a china shop here, but did you guys take
> traces before you started with the fisticuffs? :)
>
> I am assuming that his Win machine is DHCP'ing correctly, no?
> So, take a trace of its DHCP traffic upon renewal of the lease.
> Next, compare this to what your Linux machine traffic looks like.
> My guess is that the problem will quickly become apparent
> when you compare the two traces.

Along with that, try upgrading or switching whatever you're using as the
DHCP client on the linux side.  It's probably what the tcpdump is going to
imply you should do anyway ;-)

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                               kaboom at gatech.edu
                                              chris.ricker at genetics.utah.edu

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