Greetings Laine, > > > > I would start troubleshooting by making sure that the dhcp server is > > running, and that you can communicate between the machine with DHCP > > server and the guest once a manual IP is assigned. Then use tcpdump or > > wireshark at different places on the path between those two to see how > > far the DHCP request is getting out, whether a response is being sent by > > the server, and if so how far the response is getting back (i.e. on the > > host, run tcpdump on the guest's tap device; if you see the DHCP request > > there, then run tcpdump on the bridge, if you see it there, run it on > > the tap device for the guest, if you see it there, then run tcpdump > > inside the guest; then check the dhcp server logs to see if it's > > receiving requests. While you're doing all of this, you can also be > > noticing whether or not a DHCP response is arriving at each step (and if > > you see the response, you can skip looking further ahead in the packet > > path, since you know by inference that it made it all the way to the > > DHCP server). Once you find the point that the packet is blocked, you'll > > be better able to determine why. > > > > > > alright, I'll try that, thanks. > I've ran tcpdump on the vm's tap device, here is what I see: 01:42:15.404754 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 52:54:00:5a:4c:8c (oui Unknown), length 548 01:42:15.405075 IP Broadcom.Home.bootps > 10.0.0.40.bootpc: BOOTP/DHCP, Reply, length 300 01:42:15.735893 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.52:54:00:6b:1b:92.8003, length 35 01:42:17.718941 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.52:54:00:6b:1b:92.8003, length 35 01:42:17.846918 IP6 fe80::fc54:ff:fe5a:4c8c > ff02::2: ICMP6, router solicitation, length 16 01:42:19.702944 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.52:54:00:6b:1b:92.8003, length 35 01:42:20.450441 ARP, Request who-has 10.0.0.40 tell Broadcom.Home, length 28 I think that issue is this: 01:42:20.450441 ARP, Request who-has 10.0.0.40 tell Broadcom.Home, length 28 I'm not sure if this is expected but looks like my dhcp server ignores it. any thoughts on the matter? Dagg.
