Re: NetComm modems/routers reject unrecognised leases in a way that confuses 'dhcpcd'
Xavion
Thu Mar 24 01:30:58 2011
Hi Roy
Just to be clear, I wasn't requesting that you make '-k' the default within
>> 'dhcpcd'. I was simply quoting a request I'd made to the NetworkManager and
>> Arch Linux bug trackers in the hope that they would terminate 'dhcpcd'
>> differently.
>>
>
> I also disagree with that :)
>
Yeah, you and me both. I later decided that it would disadvantage other
users, so I offered watered-down workarounds
here<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644798>and
here <https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/23293> instead.
Thanks for the trace.
> Attached is a patch which should fix this for you.
> We can't treat it as a NAK though, so what happens is that the reboot will
> timeout and we'll drop into discover again.
>
> Let me know if it works or not, ideally soon as I'd like to get this into
> the next release.
>
Thanks for supplying me with the patch so promptly. I've just tested it via
both Ethernet and wireless. In both cases, I can confirm that the problem
is fixed.
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