Hi - On my CentOS 4 cobbler server i am having some odd dhcp issues.
There is only 1 dhcp server on the network and the cobbler box manages the dhcp. When i kick off the PXE install during the PXE phase things seem OK then when anaconda tried to get an IP sometimes things work out fine and other times it sits waiting for hostname/domainname. From the logs you can see that the mac requesting the IP is constant but the IP being offered is sometimes 'wrong'. In the 2 examples below nothing is changed the differing result is just achieved by trying another install, as i said its rather random.
Any thoughts?
thanks
** section of log i see when i have install issue **
Apr 16 14:25:53 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:25:53 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.12.190 to 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:25:53 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:25:53 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.12.190 to 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:25:53 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.12.212 (192.168.12.117) from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0: lease 192.168.12.212 unavailable. Apr 16 14:25:53 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPNAK on 192.168.12.212 to 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0
** section of log when everything works OK **
Apr 16 14:31:42 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:31:42 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.12.190 to 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:31:44 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.12.190 (192.168.12.161) from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:31:44 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.12.190 to 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 13:31:44 cobbler in.tftpd[4334]: tftp: client does not accept options Apr 16 14:32:08 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:32:08 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.12.190 to 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:32:08 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:32:08 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.12.190 to 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:32:08 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.12.190 (192.168.12.161) from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0 Apr 16 14:32:08 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.12.190 to 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0
these are not virtual machines?
Kai
Tom Brown wrote on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:40:21 +0100:
Why should that make any difference?
The conversations looked a bit like you had several clients with the same MAC in the LAN. This can happen if one copies existing config files.
Also, I know there are cases where a DHCPOFFER (or any DHCP packet from the server for that matter) may not make it over the bridge for the VMs).
I'm afraid I can't help more, I can just say that I've never seen such a conversation:
Apr 16 14:25:53 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.12.212 (192.168.12.117) from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0:
Any hint where that (192.168.12.117) comes from? I see that you have the same on your successful conversation, though.
Is there a chance you have two DHCP servers on the LAN?
Kai
Apr 16 14:25:53 cobbler dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.12.212 (192.168.12.117) from 00:0c:29:16:f8:b5 via eth0:
Any hint where that (192.168.12.117) comes from? I see that you have the same on your successful conversation, though.
Is there a chance you have two DHCP servers on the LAN?
no idea where the 12.117 comes from as there is definately not another dhcp server on the LAN as in the logs there is only ever dhcp 'stuff' in the logs of this server so i dont really know whats going on.
maybe i just wait to fix this until i get it onto a physical machine.
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Kai Schaetzl -
Tom Brown