DHCP Server not sending offers!

[Eugène Ngontang]

Hi Sten,

My dhcp version : V3.0.5-RedHat

Clients and server operating system : fedora and redhat respectively.

@Bruce, exactly, I'm searching where the buttleneck is. But it is on the
server, sure. Client has no problem.

Regards,
Eugène NG


2014-07-18 13:58 GMT+02:00 Glenn Satchell <glenn.satchell at uniq.com.au>:

> Hi Eugène
>
> Are the dhcp server and clients physical systems or virtual? What
> operating system are the server and clients?
>
> What version is dhcpd? This will be in the startup message in the logs, of
> use dhcpd --version
>
> What happens if you comment out one of the host statements so that the
> client gets a dynamic lease?
>
> regards,
> -glenn
>
> On Fri, July 18, 2014 9:48 pm, Eugène Ngontang wrote:
> > @Sten, I saw discover whiwh do not receive offers on client and server
> > side.
> >
> > The clients and server are in the same LAN, nothing between them.
> >
> > And I said when I restart the server, it begins answer discovers.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Eugène NG
> >
> >
> > 2014-07-18 13:42 GMT+02:00 Sten Carlsen <stenc at s-carlsen.dk>:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On 18/07/14 13:25, Eugène Ngontang wrote:
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > I know what you mean here. I know a dhcp server is not oblige to be in
> >> > the same subnet as clients, but in my case it should and is, because,
> >> > for our architecture.
> >> >
> >> > @Daniel, I know the dhclient FSA functionment, I also know how to
> >> check
> >> > log messagesw on linux, I just don't see missing offers, which is
> >> strange.
> >> The question I really saw was this:
> >> Do you see the DISCOVER that does not get an answer - in the logs?
> >>
> >> The question is if it makes it's way into the server or is stopped
> >> before reaching the server?
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > What I would like to mention is that things are not working as they
> >> > should, and I want to understand why.
> >> >
> >> > *Once again, it's not everytime that the server behaves like this, I
> >> > said sometimes it stops sending offers, and when I restart the service
> >> > it works fine, without any modification on the configuration. Dis read
> >> > well my first post?*
> >> > *
> >> > *
> >> > It's not simple network architure or configuration issue, I would have
> >> > detect. I want to debug dhcpd, can you help me please? Where can I
> >> look
> >> > again to locate the origin of the problem?
> >> > *
> >> > *
> >> > Thanks a lot.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Eugène NG
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 2014-07-18 13:16 GMT+02:00 Simon Hobson <dhcp1 at thehobsons.co.uk
> >> > <mailto:dhcp1 at thehobsons.co.uk>>:
> >> >
> >> >     Eugène Ngontang <sympavali at gmail.com
> >> <mailto:sympavali at gmail.com>>
> >> >     wrote:
> >> >
> >> >     > If it was in the same subnet the clients could normaly nerver
> >> >     communicate and get IP addresses from the server.
> >> >
> >> >     I assume you meant to write "... was *not* in the same subnet ..."
> >> ?
> >> >     If so, then that's not correct. You can have a server in a
> >> different
> >> >     network to the clients - it just needs a relay agent in the
> >> network
> >> >     local to the clients AND the ability to route unicast packets
> >> >     between clients and server.
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> >
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> >>
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> >>
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