On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:22:32 +0000 "Ryan B. Lynch" <rlynch@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm experiencing a DHCP client failure when running 'dhcpcd' on the > bridge interface itself. Here are the basics: > > "eth0" is ordinary, wired ethernet > "eth1" is a wireless 802.11b/g device (ipw2200 driver) > > There is a working DHCP server on the wireless network, which has been > tested and works when trying to run 'dhcpcd' on the wireless device > itself. At the beginning, everthing is "down" with no IP addresses > assigned. I bring up the bridge and add the devices in this order: > > > ip link set eth0 up > > ip link set eth1 up > > iwconfig eth1 essid "my_essid" > > iwconfig eth1 key "my_key" > > > (pause to let the wireless client associate) > > > brctl addbr br0 > > brctl addif br0 eth0 > > brctl addif br0 eth1 > > ip link set br0 up Did you wait 30 seconds for the bridge to put the port into the forwarding state? > > Now, I try to get a DHCP lease for the "br0" device, using 'dhcpcd': > > > dhcpcd -C -t 10 -d br0 > -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> OSDL http://developer.osdl.org/~shemminger
