dhcpd on Solaris 10

Glenn Satchell Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au
Sun Apr 26 14:09:09 UTC 2009


Hi Jason

I can confirm that dhcp-3.1.2 works for me with Solaris 10 sparc.
siaddr is zero, client recieves the address ok.

Can you try setting siaddr using next-server command to see if this
makes any difference?

 next-server a.b.c.d;

regards,
-glenn

>Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:33:38 +1000 (EST)
>From: Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>
>Subject: Re: dhcpd on Solaris 10
>
>Hmm, interesting. I have Solaris 10 update 6 on sparc 64 bit (Ultra 10,
>cough), and my clients all seem to work fine when the siaddr is zero.
>I'm only running 3.1.1 atm, but will upgrade to 3.1.2 to see what I
>get. I only have 32 bit x86, but I can also try one of those as the
>server.
>
>regards,
>-glenn
>
>>Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:30:40 +0200
>>Subject: Re: dhcpd on Solaris 10
>>From: Jason Penton <jason.penton at gmail.com>
>>To: Users of ISC DHCP <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
>>X-BeenThere: dhcp-users at lists.isc.org
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>>Hi Glen, *
>>
>>Solaris x86 64-bit.
>>
>>Solaris and linux boxes running same version of dhcpd (tested 3.1.2
>>and 4), same config, and same network segment! Also, made sure that
>>exactly the same requests were coming in from the clients. I have
>>eliminated all the 'variables' and at this stage im only left with the
>>OS. Seems Solaris 10 update 6 is doing something strange.
>>
>>
>>Cheers
>>JAson
>>
>>On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Glenn Satchell
>><Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au> wrote:
>>> Hi Jason
>>>
>>> Are you using Solaris 10 on Sparc or x86? 64 or 32 bit?
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> -glenn
>>>
>>>>Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:33:51 +1000 (EST)
>>>>From: Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>
>>>>
>>>>You can fill in the siaddr using:
>>>>
>>>>  next-server a.b.c.d;
>>>>
>>>>in an appropriate scope.
>>>>
>>>>What version(s) of dhcpd is running on your linux box? What version are
>>>>you testing with on the Solaris box?
>>>>
>>>>Are there any other options set or not set in the packets you sniff?
>>>>
>>>>Is the Linux box on the same segment as the Solaris dhcp server?
>>>>
>>>>siaddr is not required to be set to get an IP address. I have Windows
>>>>XP, 98, Linux and Solaris clients all working with a 0.0.0.0 siaddr.
>>>>
>>>>regards,
>>>>-glenn
>>>>
>>>>PS Note to everyone, please reply only to the list, I do not need to
>>>>see the message twice.
>>>>
>>>>>Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:54:08 +0200
>>>>>Subject: Re: dhcpd on Solaris 10
>>>>>From: Jason Penton <jason.penton at gmail.com>
>>>>>To: Users of ISC DHCP <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
>>>>>Cc: Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Alan
>>>>>
>>>>>So why is it that when a client receives an OFFER with a zeroed
>>>>>siaddr, it never sends out the DHCP REQUEST (as if it was unhappy with
>>>>>the OFFER). I tested with Windows, linux and solaris clients??????? On
>>>>>a linux box, the EXACT same code with the EXACT same config (i.e. no
>>>>>next-server setting) the siaddr is set to the ip address of the DHCP
>>>>>server????
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers
>>>>>Jason
>>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 6:39 PM,  <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd imagine that on other OS's (linux) the siaddr is set
>>>>>>> automatically. Seems that on Solaris 10 update 6, it does not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to quote the post 3.0.2 changelog
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The siaddr field was being improperly set to the server-identifier when
>>>>responding to DHCP messages. RFC2131 clarified the siaddr field as meaning 
>the
>>>>'next server in the bootstrap process', eg a tftp server. The siaddr field 
is
>>>>now left zeroed unless next-server is configured.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> alan
>>>>>> _______________________________________________




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