Hi, I recently upgraded the kernel in my Debian server from 2.4.22 to 2.6.9. This server acts as router and has an ethernet bridge (br0) that combines eth1 and eth2. Each of these two network cards is connected to one Windows PC. Since I booted kernel 2.6.9 it takes more than one minute for a client pc to receive its IP address when that one starts up. I noticed that the kernel messages (shown below) are displayed more often than before. Using the 2.4 kernel they were only displayed when unplugging the network cable. Now they are also displayed after a client PC has shut down. Can anyone explain why this takes so much time? Here is the part of syslog that shows the delay time: Nov 28 19:30:39 servus kernel: br0: port 2(eth2) entering disabled state Nov 28 19:31:39 servus kernel: br0: port 2(eth2) entering listening state Nov 28 19:31:54 servus kernel: br0: port 2(eth2) entering learning state Nov 28 19:32:09 servus kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating Nov 28 19:32:09 servus kernel: br0: port 2(eth2) entering forwarding state Nov 28 19:32:18 servus dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:08:a1:19:9e:b1 via br0 Nov 28 19:32:18 servus dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.11.2 to 00:08:a1:19:9e:b1 via br0 Nov 28 19:32:18 servus dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.11.2 from 00:08:a1:19:9e:b1 via br0 Nov 28 19:32:18 servus dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.11.2 to 00:08:a1:19:9e:b1 via br0 Thanks, Coen ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
