On Thu, Apr 05 2001 at 04:41PM, Donncha O Caoimh(donncha.ocaoimh at tradesignals.com) wrote:
: There's a machine on the local network looking for an IP via dhcpd. It
: keeps looking for the same IP.
Of course it does - DHCP binds an IP address to the MAC address of the
interface for as long as the lease time is set for... there's your first
clue.
: I tried to ping the IP but it doesn't exist so it's not listening to the
: DHCP server. Nobody has complained that their machine is off-line so I'm
: baffled as to what machine is causing the trouble!
:: Here's some log file stuff.
:: Apr 5 16:28:21 mail dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.66 from
: 00:00:21:ce:fe:dd via eth1
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
and there's your second clue.
Just find the machine with that MAC address, and Bob's yr mother's
brother.. although, as the fella says, "if it ain't broke.." yadda yadda
yadda.
- John
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