dhcpcd question

[Douglas J Hunley]

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Joel Hammer spewed electrons into the ether that resembled:
> I have gotten dhcpcd to get me configured with Comcast.
> This command is all that it takes to get the IP and configure the
> interface: dhcpcd -d eth1
> Then, running the route command makes things work fine.
>
> I got a seven day lease which by now should be trying to renew itself, but,
> I can't see that it is trying to do this.
>
> Meanwhile, I see this in my firewall logs.
>
> eth1 PROTO=17 10.133.184.1:67 255.255.255.255:68
> ( I accept these packets.)
>
> This says that a dhcp server is broadcasting to dhcp clients, which,
> is not part of rfc 2131.  dhcpcd is running, but doesn't seem to
> answer. Which is not surprising, since there is no process listening on
> port 68 on my client.
>
> So, my two questions are:
> What is comcast (I assume it comcast) doing sending broadcast packets to
> dhcp clients? Is it safe to ignore them? Last time, they declared me a
> static ip user and turned off my modem.
>
> Second, is there a way to inquire of the status of a running dhcpcd? That
> is to say, how could I find out if the dhcpcd is trying to renew? I don't
> see anything in the logs about it.
>
> Thanks,

I run dhclient to receive my IP from the provider. It shows the following in 
my logs:
dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 65.21.4.39 port 67
dhclient: DHCPACK  from 65.24.1.39

that shows it asking "can I keep this IP?" and the response "Sure."

My dhcpd process is solely for giving out IPs to internal lan. You *sure* you 
are using the right daemon for the right job?
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