[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun, 2nd NIC and dhcpd bootup issue

scram69 scram69 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 14 05:07:16 UTC 2008


On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:33 PM, James Berwick <jim at jamesberwick.com> wrote:
> 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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What I don't understand is the delay between the interface coming up
and dhcp beginning the process that takes one second.

dhcp3-server sits right next to mythtv-backend in /etc/init.d, so it
should start up at the same time.  Is it starting up and just not
doing anything for a minute, or is it actually taking much longer to
start?


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