DHCP on an old, slow AIX box.

[Jeff Sumner]

Folks, this is an old thread, but...


The RS/6000 is now serving up DHCP as expected. I build a new GCC (5 days to
compile) and then DHCP, and the new binary gives out addresses as expected.

Thanks!

(This is on an old 250...)

J



On 3/19/08 3:38 AM, "Holger Honert" <holger.honert at signal-iduna.org> wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
> 
> telling you my configuration:
> 
> I also have an experimental net for testing purposes with two RS6000
> machines (failover) and dhcpd version 3.1.0 and bind DDNS 9.4.2.
> The RS6k is a 43 p model 150 with 384 MB RAM and 375 Mhz CPU.
> 
> I don't see those problems you have mentioned, anyway.
> 
> Furthermore I have two more RS6k exactly the same hardware with only
> dhcp version 3.0.3 as a failover pair in production environment serving
> more than 5.000 addresses without any probs.
> 
> If you want more info, you can contact me off-list.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Holger
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Sumner schrieb:
>> > Here's my once/year request:
>> >
>> > Anyone running DHCPD on a really slow AIX box experiencing problems?
>> Version
>> > 3.1.0 and 3.1.1b1 both do the same thing. I've a teeny network (build for
>> > experimentation) and have an old RS/6000 with BIND 9.4.2 (DDNS enabled) on
>> > it, sufficient RAM, 10/100MB Ethernet adapter. DHCP builds fine (gcc
>> > obtained from IBM- version 4.0.0) and seemingly runs well.
>> >
>> > All DHCP requests are recorded in the log, dutifully, as are the offers.
>> >
>> > Only once has a device obtained a lease. I almost never see packets coming
>> > back into the devices. I've a couple Macs on the wire (with Wireshark) and
I
>> > get nothing back when trying to force DHCP requests- but the log does say
>> > it's trying.
>> > I've even tried plugging right into the RS/6000. I've tried the other NIC
>> on
>> > the RS/6000, too, finding an old Ethernet transceiver.
>> > Once, though, I got a DDNS entry to go, and the laptop did record a 15
>> > minute lease, only to NOT be able to refresh it for failure to see the ack.
>> >
>> > This device works fine as a DNS server, SSH server/client, or anything else
>> > I could ask for. I don't see errors in the log, and netstat show nothing
>> > dropped.
>> >
>> > Anyone?
>> > J
>> >
>> >
>> > 
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