Solaris DHCP Administration Guide

DHCP Client Debug Output

The following example shows normal debug output when a DHCP client sends its DHCP request and receives its configuration information from a DHCP server.


Example 5–1 Sample Normal DHCP Client Debug Output


/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: set_packet_filter: set filter 0x27fc8 (DHCP filter) 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: init_ifs: initted interface le0 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: insert_ifs: le0: sdumax 1500, optmax 1260, hwtype 1, hwlen 6 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: insert_ifs: inserted interface le0 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: register_acknak: registered acknak id 5 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: unregister_acknak: unregistered acknak id 5 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: set_packet_filter: set filter 0x26018 (ARP reply filter)
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: setting IP netmask on le0 to 255.255.192.0 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: setting IP address on le0 to 102.23.3.233 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: setting broadcast address on le0 to 102.23.63.255 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: added default router 102.23.0.1 on le0 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: set_packet_filter: set filter 0x28054 (blackhole filter) 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: configure_if: bound ifsp->if_sock_ip_fd 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: le0 acquired lease, expires Tue Aug 10 16:18:33 1999 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: le0 begins renewal at Tue Aug 10 15:49:44 1999 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: le0 begins rebinding at Tue Aug 10 16:11:03 1999

If the client cannot reach the DHCP server, you might see debug output similar to the following example.


Example 5–2 Sample Debug Output for DHCP Client


/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: set_packet_filter: set filter 0x27fc8 (DHCP filter)
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: init_ifs: initted interface le0 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: select_best: no valid OFFER/BOOTP reply
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: select_best: no valid OFFER/BOOTP reply
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: select_best: no valid OFFER/BOOTP reply
 

If you see this message, the request never reached the server, or the server cannot send a response to the client. Run snoop on the server as described in How to Use snoop to Monitor DHCP Network Traffic to determine if packets from the client have reached the server.