DHCPDECLINE messages question

David W. Hankins David_Hankins at isc.org
Mon Oct 2 02:48:56 UTC 2006


On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 04:19:07PM -0400, Dennis Dufford wrote:
> Sep 18 12:46:48 hw1ns2 dhcpd: [ID 702911 local7.info] DHCPREQUEST for 172.28.41.179 (172.28.198.20) from 00:11:43:42:b7:b2 (AMOOREXP) via 172.28.41.12
> Sep 18 12:46:48 hw1ns2 dhcpd: [ID 702911 local7.info] DHCPACK on 172.28.41.179 to 00:11:43:42:b7:b2 (AMOOREXP) via 172.28.41.12
> 
> Sep 18 12:46:48 hw1ns2 dhcpd: [ID 702911 local7.info] DHCPREQUEST for 172.28.41.179 (172.28.198.20) from 00:11:43:42:b7:b2 (AMOOREXP) via 172.28.41.11
> Sep 18 12:46:48 hw1ns2 dhcpd: [ID 702911 local7.info] DHCPACK on 172.28.41.179 to 00:11:43:42:b7:b2 (AMOOREXP) via 172.28.41.11

You have two relays (172.28.41.11 and 172.28.41.12).

So there's nothing unusual about this.

The client is probably wondering why it got two ack's, but this is
pretty safe with most clients I've seen.

> Sep 18 12:46:48 hw1ns2 dhcpd: [ID 702911 local7.info] DHCPDECLINE of 172.28.41.179 from 00:11:43:42:b7:b2 (AMOOREXP) via 172.28.41.12: not found

There's no way for us to tell you why the client chose to do this.

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