dhclient fixed leases

[Ceri Davies]

On 13 Jan 2006, at 21:41, Maxim Vetrov wrote:

> Hi to all,
>
> 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?

Pass, but I found the same when I tried this a few weeks ago.
Then Santa gave me a new access point which came free with a whole bunch
of other problems so I didn't look into it too hard.  I'm glad it's not
just me, though.

Ceri
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