RE: [Nolug] Tons of DHCPREQUEST messages in syslog

It hides *COX's* problem, not mine. (Present company excepted, of
course) but Cox needs to get a handle on their administration. The
whole reason I *HAVE* a firewall is their lack of management of their
own network.

Thanks for the input, tho.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com
[mailto:owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com] On Behalf Of Ron Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:53 PM
To: nolug@patientcarerx.com
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Tons of DHCPREQUEST messages in syslog

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On Tuesday 08 January 2002 11:48 am, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> Sorry..I assumed a certain setup.
>
> I assumed the machine being used as a DHCP server for a private
> network on eth1 while your eth0 is connected to the cable modem. It
> is possible that you may need to tweak your syslog to not log dhcp
> requests.

That just hides the symptom, not resolves the issue.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com
> [mailto:owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com] On Behalf Of Ron Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:45 AM
> To: nolug@patientcarerx.com
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] Tons of DHCPREQUEST messages in syslog
>
> On Tuesday 08 January 2002 11:32 am, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> > Goes to show you just how many people were set for static.
> >
> > I limit my dhcp to the interior interface eth1 for just such a
> > reason.
>
> Don't understand. My eth0 IS the outside interface, and
> /etc/dhclient.conf restricts dhclient to eth0.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com
> > [mailto:owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com] On Behalf Of Ron Johnson
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:54 AM
> > To: NOLUG
> > Subject: [Nolug] Tons of DHCPREQUEST messages in syslog
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Subject says it all. There are hundreds of them. The attachment
> > lists all the ones from an ~1 hour period.
> >
> > dhclient-2.2.x: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 24.4.96.74 port 67
> >
> > When the machine booted, it sucessfully received an IP on eth0
> > from 10.64.124.1.
> >
> > Thanks

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