System Administration Guide: IP Services

Output from DHCP Client in Debugging Mode

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


Example 16–1 Normal Output from the DHCP Client in Debugging Mode


/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: set_packet_filter: set filter 0x27fc8 (DHCP filter) 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: init_ifs: initted interface hme0 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: insert_ifs: hme0: sdumax 1500, optmax 1260, hwtype 1, hwlen 6 
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: insert_ifs: inserted interface hme0 
/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 hme0 to 255.255.192.0 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: setting IP address on hme0 to 10.23.3.233 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: setting broadcast address on hme0 to 10.23.63.255 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: added default router 10.23.0.1 on hme0 
/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: hme0 acquired lease, expires Tue Aug 10 16:18:33 2006 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: hme0 begins renewal at Tue Aug 10 15:49:44 2006 
/sbin/dhcpagent: info: hme0 begins rebinding at Tue Aug 10 16:11:03 2006

If the client cannot reach the DHCP server, you might see debugging mode output that is similar to the output shown in the following example.


Example 16–2 Output Indicating a Problem from the DHCP Client in Debugging Mode


/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: set_packet_filter: set filter 0x27fc8 (DHCP filter)
/sbin/dhcpagent: debug: init_ifs: initted interface hme0 
/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 client 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.