[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun, 2nd NIC and dhcpd bootup issue
James Berwick
jim at jamesberwick.com
Wed Aug 13 05:33:26 UTC 2008
scram69 wrote:
> So it takes over a minute to give the hdhr it's address. I've tried
> the script above, and all it does is delay the address assignment that
> much longer. Any ideas as to why dhcpd takes over 60 seconds to do
> anything
Aug 12 18:08:38 mediaserver dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:18:dd:01:19:75 via eth1
Aug 12 18:08:38 mediaserver dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.198 to
00:18:dd:01:19:75 via eth1
Aug 12 18:08:39 mediaserver dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.198
(192.168.0.1) from 00:18:dd:01:19:75 via eth1
Aug 12 18:08:39 mediaserver dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.198 to
00:18:dd:01:19:75 via eth1
The entire DHCP process completes in 1 second (18:08:38 to 18:08:39). The HDHR doesn't request an IP until 18:08:38. DHCP is more of a pull technology than a push. dhcpd can't assign the address until the device requests it.
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