dhclient getting infinite IPs?

[Ruben de Groot]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:20:12AM -0700, general at dubparts.com typed:
> I have a Belkin 802.11g router (model F5D-7230-4) and my freebsd 4.7 server 
> connected to it.  Everything was working fine, but I moved and changed 
> ISPs.  I'm not aware of anything that has changed in the configuration on 
> the server since I moved.
> 
> I have the router setup for DHCP and I'm having a heck of a time getting my 
> server to obtain an IP "properly".
> 
> In /etc/rc.conf there is:
> 
>         ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"
> 
> When I try:
> 
>         /sbin/dhclient fxp0
> 
> it gets an actual IP address, but it keeps getting multiple IPs from the 
> router over and over again.  It tells me each IP address, subnet, gateway, 
> etc as it gets them, but if I let it go on, it will keep getting them 
> forever.  (e.g it obtains 192.168.1.3, 192.168.1.4, and so on).
> 
> Looking at the DHCP client list on the router, shows indeed that these IPs 
> have been assigned, but mysteriously the MAC addresses are all listed as 
> "00:00:00:00:00:00".
> 
> After this infinite IP obtaining goes on for awhile, I do a hard break 
> (CTRL+C) to end it.  I do an "ifconfig" and it shows that is either has the 
> first IP it obtained or the last one (it varies over the times I've 
> repeated this).  However, it really is not connected to the network at all, 
> and i can't do anythign with the server.
> 
> I tried a google search on this without any luck.... anyone have any advice 
> or tips?
 
What's the output of

ifconfig fxp0

?

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