dhcpd 3.0.1 stops responding to requests

[Glenn Satchell]

Is the time synchronised on your two dhcp servers? For failover I think
they need to be within 1 minute of each other, but using ntp or
something similar to keep them really close is a better idea.

I don't recall if you mentioned the last message that was logged by
each dhcp server. Also if you still have a copy of the dhcpd.leases
file from when running failover to see what each server thought the
failover state was. Might be a clue there too...

regards,
-glenn

>Subject: RE: dhcpd 3.0.1 stops responding to requests
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 08:19:12 -0700
>From: "Wil Birkmaier" <wil at bea.com>
>To: <dhcp-users at isc.org>
>
>Thanks, I actually did switch over the day before and had the same
>problem.  That's the point were I switched off peer failover services
>and went stand alone.  
>
>Its been about 12 hours now with no problems, so the next 12 should tell
>me something!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Wil
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org] On
>Behalf Of Glenn Satchell
>Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:03 AM
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>Subject: RE: dhcpd 3.0.1 stops responding to requests
>
>Hi Wil,
>
>3.0.1 is pretty old, you should try upgrading to the latest release,
>3.0.4 and see if the problem persists. There have been a *lot* of
>bugfixes, especially to do with failover since 3.0.1 was released.
>
>regards,
>-glenn
>
>>Subject: RE: dhcpd 3.0.1 stops responding to requests
>>Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 17:11:24 -0700
>>From: "Wil Birkmaier" <wil at bea.com>
>>To: <dhcp-users at isc.org>
>>
>>Thanks Chuck, I will give that a try.
>>
>>On another note, I turned off ddns intermit setting as well as put it
>in
>>stand alone mode.  It has been running for around 10 hours, so I shall
>>see how that goes as well.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Wil
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org] On
>>Behalf Of Chuck Anderson
>>Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 5:24 PM
>>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>>Subject: Re: dhcpd 3.0.1 stops responding to requests
>>
>>On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 11:00:13AM -0700, Wil Birkmaier wrote:
>>> Hello All, I have tried searching thru the archives as well as google
>>> the last couple days and have come to my wits end trying to figure
>>this
>>> one out.  The only thought I have at this point is the failover has
>>> problems with using other ports (Using 521 instead of 520) or WANs
>>
>>I don't think so.  I run multiple instances of failover on the same 
>>dhcpd, each one using a different port starting at 520 and going up to 
>>523.  I also set the peer port to the same port number.
>>
>>>         mclt 600;
>>>         split 255;
>>>         load balance max seconds 3;
>>> }
>>
>>I think I read on here once that the split 255 may cause an issue.  
>>I've always used the default split of 128.
>>