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I have a PC and a laptop. The PC has IP 192.168.1.1 on eth1, with dnsmasq listening on it ready to serve DHCP. The laptop has eth0. I connect from the laptop to the PC with
# netcfg wired-dhcpI am tailing daemon.log on each computer, and can see the laptop broadcasting for a lease on eth0. I can also see on the PC that the broadcast was detected and an IP offered. However, ten seconds later, dhcpcd on the laptop times out. I've increased the timeout value to 30 seconds, and it still times out (they're connected right next to each other by a cable that's barely two metres long, it shouldn't take that length of time!).
On the laptop, /etc/network.d/wired-dhcp is a copy of netcfg's default example:
CONNECTION='ethernet'
DESCRIPTION='Wired DHCP'
INTERFACE='eth0'
IP='dhcp'This is dnsmasq on the PC:
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 available DHCP range: 192.168.1.2 -- 192.168.1.254
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 client provides name: dropship
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 vendor class: dhcpcd-5.5.6:Linux-3.3.2-1-ARCH:i686:GenuineIntel
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 DHCPDISCOVER(eth1) 00:14:77:6b:67:75
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 tags: known, eth1
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 DHCPOFFER(eth1) 192.168.1.50 00:14:77:6b:67:75
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 requested options: 1:netmask, 121:classless-static-route, 33:static-route,
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 requested options: 3:router, 6:dns-server, 12:hostname, 15:domain-name,
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 requested options: 26:mtu, 28:broadcast, 42:ntp-server, 51:lease-time,
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 requested options: 54:server-identifier, 58:T1, 59:T2, 119:domain-search
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 next server: 192.168.1.1
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 1 option: 53 message-type 02
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 54 server-identifier 192.168.1.1
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 51 lease-time ff:ff:ff:ff
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 1 netmask 255.255.255.0
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 28 broadcast 192.168.1.255
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 3 router 192.168.1.1
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 6 dns-server 192.168.1.1
Apr 26 23:39:36 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 8 option: 12 hostname dropship
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 available DHCP range: 192.168.1.2 -- 192.168.1.254
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 client provides name: dropship
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 vendor class: dhcpcd-5.5.6:Linux-3.3.2-1-ARCH:i686:GenuineIntel
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 DHCPDISCOVER(eth1) 00:14:77:6b:67:75
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 tags: known, eth1
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 DHCPOFFER(eth1) 192.168.1.50 00:14:77:6b:67:75
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 requested options: 1:netmask, 121:classless-static-route, 33:static-route,
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 requested options: 3:router, 6:dns-server, 12:hostname, 15:domain-name,
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 requested options: 26:mtu, 28:broadcast, 42:ntp-server, 51:lease-time,
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 requested options: 54:server-identifier, 58:T1, 59:T2, 119:domain-search
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 next server: 192.168.1.1
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 1 option: 53 message-type 02
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 54 server-identifier 192.168.1.1
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 51 lease-time ff:ff:ff:ff
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 1 netmask 255.255.255.0
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 28 broadcast 192.168.1.255
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 3 router 192.168.1.1
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 4 option: 6 dns-server 192.168.1.1
Apr 26 23:39:40 localhost dnsmasq-dhcp[1610]: 3410007854 sent size: 8 option: 12 hostname dropship(I had already configured dnsmasq to serve 192.168.1.50 to the laptop's MAC address with the hostname 'dropship'.)
Could anyone suggest why the laptop isn't taking the IP from the dnsmasq?
Last edited by Smarthound (2012-04-28 21:57:16)
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Does your network offer ip6? If not, have you tried disabling it on the laptop?
I ask because this sounds very like a problem I had connecting to my university network after ip6 got integrated into the kernel (so it was activated even though I though I'd blocked it). Disabling ip6 solved the problem.
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Neither offers IPv6. I disabled it in the kernel after following the General Recommendations page. However, I've just spotted this bit about dhcpcd trying to use it, regardless (though it does mention it's harmless). I'll disable that in dhcpcd.conf and give it another go.
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I've just spotted this bit about dhcpcd trying to use it, regardless (though it does mention it's harmless). I'll disable that in dhcpcd.conf and give it another go.
That made no difference.
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I found what the problem was. iplist by default was blocking some local network connections. I put
localnet:127.0.0.1-127.0.0.1
localnet:10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255
localnet:192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255into one of its allow lists, restarted it, and viola, the connection worked.
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