Re: [9fans] ipconfig DHCP problems

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

On Fri Jul  9 18:31:32 EDT 2010, akumar@mail.nanosouffle.net wrote:
> I will also add that specifying a static
> address with
>
> ipconfig -g gateway ether /net/ether0 ip mask
>
> also does not work (trying ip/ping router,
> for example, gives no communication).
>
> So, still, what's going on?

without knowing the specifics, it's very hard to say.
i suppose you did try ip/ipconfig without any options
at all?  and that when you did try to specify everything
manually, you did use either an old-school netmask like
255.255.255.0 or /120 and not /24.  since all plan 9 ip
addresses are stored in v6 format, the netmasks need
to specify the number of bits in the network accordingly.

when i debug dhcp problems, i generally start by running
snoopy on the dhcp server.

- erik