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

scram69 scram69 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 19 03:41:19 UTC 2008


On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>> Here's what I have in /etc/network/interfaces for eth1:
>>>
>>> iface eth1 inet static
>>> address 192.168.0.1
>>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>
>>> auto eth1
>>>
>>> The logs show it does come up at boot.  Could you give me any more
>>> detail about your discovery of the connection between ubuntu
>>> networking and login?  I haven't been able to find anything related on
>>> Ubuntu forums - they are choked with posts about DHCP client issues,
>>> not DHCP server.  At this point, I'm not sure how to continue
>>> troubleshooting the delay in the dhcp server.
>>>
>> Well, after some more extreme googling, I finally found the bug.  And
>> it's a _confirmed_ bug:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcp3/+bug/61903
>> Unfortunately, it's still open with no apparent fix or workaround.
>> So, if you're trying to use your HDHR on a 2nd NIC with
>> ubuntu/mythbuntu, you're SOL...
>
> Not according to this comment:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcp3/+bug/61903/comments/3
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While it was a good suggestion, that comment ultimately was unrelated
to the bug.  Yes, you want to have your dhcp server interface in both
/etc/network/interfaces and /etc/default/dhcp3-server, but, like the
original bug poster, I did as well.


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