dhclient fixed leases

[Maxim Vetrov]

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