Re: Gentoo: Different dhclient?

[Steev Klimaszewski <steev gentoo org>]

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Pat Suwalski wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently installed NetworkManager 0.6.1 (-r2 in Gentoo), and went back
> to my Atheros card.
>
> I can't associate with WPA anymore for some reason, but I'll need more
> time to figure that out. As fallback, I tried a good old WEP association.
>
> Interestingly, the dhclient usage info showed up in my
> /var/log/messages. I replaced the dhclient binary with a script that
> catches the arguments, and I got:
>
> -1 -lf /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-ath0.leases -pf
> /var/run/dhclient-ath0.pid -q -e dhc_dbus=31 -x -d ath0
>
> Looking at my dhclient's help, there is no "-x" option. Where is this
> from/for?
>
> I made my wrapper script sed-out the -x and call the real dhclient with
> the modified parameter list, and I still got funny results:
>
> Apr  9 23:02:04 inspiron NetworkManager: <information>  Activation
> (ath0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
> Apr  9 23:02:04 inspiron NetworkManager: <information>  DHCP daemon
> state is now 12 (successfully started) for interface ath0
> Apr  9 23:02:05 inspiron dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to
> 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
> Apr  9 23:02:05 inspiron dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 120.7.1.1
> Apr  9 23:02:05 inspiron dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to
> 255.255.255.255 port 67
> Apr  9 23:02:05 inspiron dhclient: DHCPACK from 120.7.1.1
> Apr  9 23:02:05 inspiron dhclient: bound to 120.7.1.36 -- renewal in
> 17617 seconds.
> Apr  9 23:02:29 inspiron NetworkManager: <information>  Device 'ath0'
> DHCP transaction took too long (>25s), stopping it.
> Apr  9 23:02:29 inspiron dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on ath0 to 120.7.1.1 port 67
> Apr  9 23:02:30 inspiron NetworkManager: <information>  Activation
> (ath0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) scheduled...
> Apr  9 23:02:30 inspiron NetworkManager: <information>  DHCP daemon
> state is now 14 (normal exit) for interface ath0
> Apr  9 23:02:30 inspiron NetworkManager: <information>  DHCP daemon
> state is now 14 (normal exit) for interface ath0
>
> dhclient gets an IP address immediately, but NetworkManager chooses to
> time out anyway. Could this be because of the wrapper script PID not
> matching the real dhclient PID or something?
>
> --Pat
With Gentoo, you need to use gentopia's overlay version of dhcp - it
is at -r5, portage is at -r6, I haven't bumped it in the overlay,
because of some weird networking issues that people were having when I
did (I still have them myself, I can't connect at all except going
oldschool iwconfig, ifconfig, and route commands, as well as editing
resolv.conf myself)

When I get this figured out, I will bump DHCP, but for now, it is
suggested that you use the version in Gentopia.
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