Re: dhclient fixed leases

Maxim Vetrov <muxas@xxxxxxx> · Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:41:47 +0000

Erik Norgaard wrote:
Maxim Vetrov wrote:
I can't configure dhclient to use fixed lease on a network with no 
dhcp server. I use my notebook to connect to several different 
networks. Some of them have dhcp servers, some do not. Just tired of 
manual config on the latter. I've done man dhclient.conf and found 
that I can cope with that. so there is my dhclient.conf:
timeout 15;
retry 180;
reboot 5;
lease {
       interface "sis0";
       fixed-address 10.0.1.4;
       option routers 10.0.1.5;
       option host-name "mobile";
       option subnet-mask 255.255.255.248;
       expire 5 2010/1/1 00:00:00;
       renew 5 2010/1/1 0:0:0;
       rebind 5 2010/1/1 0:0:0;
}
interface "sis0" {

       send dhcp-lease-time 600;

       send host-name "mobile";

       request 
broadcast-address,routers,subnet-mask,domain-name,domain-name-servers,time-servers,netbios-name-servers; 
}
When it boots these messages are displayed:
   > Trying recorded lease 10.0.1.4
   > bound: renewal in 125116757 seconds.
and nothing happen.
The peer's address on the othe side of cross-wired cable is 10.0.1.5 
netmask 255.255.255.248. When I

 > ifconfig sis0 inet 10.0.1.4 netmask 255.255.255.248 up

and ping connection is alive.
What do I do wrong?

1st: Which version of FreeBSD do you use? There is significant 
difference between 5.x and prior and 6.x and posterior.
There was a discussion a few weeks ago, see "Wireless NIC in FreeBSD 
6.0", I suggested to try to include a "default" section in the 
interface section, but the I never got an answer if this worked.
Regards, Erik
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I'm on 6.0 release. The "default" will not help - I have several 
networks without dhcpd. So 'default option routers 10.0.1.5;' will work 
only for one and fail for others.
Regards,
Muxas
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