Hi, Thanks for the tip. I tried now but it didn't help :/ I also logged local7.debug but the DHCPd doesn't seem to see anything from eth0.5. However I noticed a difference in the paquets on the receiver/dhcpd side: - from eth0.5: 00:04:30.931442 vlan 5, p 0, IP (tos 0x10, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], proto: UDP (17), length: 328) 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:40:ca:d5:1c:57 (oui Unknown), length: 300, xid:0x5150aa6e, flags: [none] (0x0000) Client Ethernet Address: 00:40:ca:d5:1c:57 (oui Unknown) [|bootp] - from eth0: 00:05:03.930970 IP (tos 0x10, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], proto: UDP (17), length: 328) 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:40:ca:d5:1c:57 (oui Unknown), length: 300, xid:0x5e2db216, flags: [none] (0x0000) Client Ethernet Address: 00:40:ca:d5:1c:57 (oui Unknown) [|bootp] eth0.5 sends this "vlan 5, p 0" additional information. Is that normal? Maybe I need to configure something on the receiver side as well? Thanks for your help! -- Sylvain On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 02:57:01PM -0400, Enrico Demarin (home) wrote: > Hi Sylvain, > > if you are using ISC DHCP try to recompile it to use sockets and not LPF : > > +++ dhcp-3.0pl2-enri/includes/cf/linux.h Fri Jan 17 22:02:28 2003 > @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ > #if (LINUX_MAJOR >= 2) > # if (LINUX_MINOR >= 1) > # if defined (USE_DEFAULT_NETWORK) > -# define USE_LPF > +# undef USE_LPF > # endif > # if !defined (__sparc__) /* XXX hopefully this will be fixed > someday */ > # define SIOCGIFCONF_ZERO_PROBE > > Sylvain Beucler wrote: > >Hi, > > > >On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 05:17:28PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: > > > >>On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:25:43PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote: > >> > >>>Shouldn't it work? > >>> > >>I think it should. > >> > >>I would check what is actually on the wire, to confirm that nothing > >>is really leaving the box. (Use a hub.) > >> > >>I would also investigate what dhclient actually does by running it > >>under strace. > >> > >>I would also try other DHCP clients. Personally I like dhcpcd but > >>there's also pump and udhcpc. > >> > > > >Thanks for the advice. > > > > > >It turns out that something goes out of the wire, the DHCP server > >machine receives it, yet does not reply (I doubt the DHCP server > >daemon itself sees it). Or, the reply does not show on tcpdump. > > > > > >This is strange really: tcpdump -vv shows that the initial broadcast > >paquet is nearly identical for eth0 and eth0.5. Only a 'xid' field > >differs, which is one-char shorter on the vlan: > >* pump -i eth0.5 > >22:14:24.039510 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], > >length: 576) 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request > >from 00:40:ca:d5:1c:57, length: 548, xid:0xb4c6a13, flags: [none] (0x0000) > > Client Ethernet Address: 00:40:ca:d5:1c:57 [|bootp] > >[nothing] > > > >* pump -i eth0 > >22:14:26.495647 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], > >length: 576) 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request > >from 00:40:ca:d5:1c:57, length: 548, xid:0xd54c6b50, flags: [none] (0x0000) > > Client Ethernet Address: 00:40:ca:d5:1c:57 [|bootp] > >[DHCP offer/request follows] > > > > > >The behavior is the same with all DHCP clients I tries (dhclient, > >dhclient3, pump, dhcpcd). I also tried dhcp3-server and udhcpd (and my > >ISP's box's) :/ > > > > > >As for the strace, dhclient3 times out on a select: > > > >time([1158267744]) = 1158267744 > >time([1158267744]) = 1158267744 > >rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0xa7ea57e0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 > >send(3, "<30>Sep 14 23:02:24 dhclient: DH"..., 91, 0) = 91 > >rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0 > >write(2, "DHCPDISCOVER on eth0.5 to 255.25"..., 61DHCPDISCOVER on eth0.5 > >to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10) = 61 > >write(2, "\n", 1 > >) = 1 > >sendto(8, "\377\377\377\377\377\377\0@\312\325\34W\10\0E\20\1H\0\0"..., > >342, 0, {sa_family=AF_PACKET, proto=0x6574, if892219496, > >pkttype=PACKET_HOST, addr(0)={0, }, 16) = 342 > >select(9, [7 8], [], [], {10, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > > > >time([1158267754]) = 1158267754 > >time([1158267754]) = 1158267754 > >[...] > > > > > >A (newbie) question though: theoretically how could the eth0.5 grab a > >DHCP offer? Doesn't 'eth0' steal it first? > > > >Thanks,