dhcp6 client receives lease but interface doesn't get configured

Paul Selkirk pselkirk at isc.org
Thu Jul 16 19:38:48 UTC 2009


> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:55:00 -0400
> From: Mike Cross <mike at qacafe.com>
> 
> I'm running dhcp-4.1.1b1 server and clients.  I'm finding that my client is
> getting a lease, but it doesn't get configured as an address on the
> interface.

The client script is responsible for calling ifconfig to assign the
address to the interface.  The default client script location is
/sbin/dhclient-script.  If you're starting the client from
/usr/local/sbin, you probably want to specify '-sf
/usr/local/sbin/dhclient-script' or similar.

				paul



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