Define HP-UX workstation as DHCP-client

[Schwerdtfeger]

Hi,

I tried to configure a HP-UX workstation as DHCP-client.
Setting in netconf:
DHCP_ENABLE=1,
IP_ADDRESS[0]=""
SUBNET_MASK[0]=""
ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]=""

Then I rebooted the machine, but DHCP is not working.

Message in auto_parms.log:
Lease valid but not updated for lan0

What's wrong?

Thanks for any help
Frank

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

# set_parms
Usage: set_parms
Where can be:
hostname
timezone
date_time
root_passwd
ip_address
addl_netwrk
or initial (for entire initial boot-time dialog sequence)

Hope it helps,

Robert-Jan.

[Steven E. Protter]

You need to make sure you can communicate with your DHCP server. Is it on the same subnet?

Are you getting a link light on the hub or switch?

This thread runs through the procedure, it should help solve the problem.

http://search.hp.com/redirect.html?url=http%3A//forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x44a979bffde7d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html&qt=Lease+%2Bvalid+%2Bbut+%2Bnot+%2Bupdated+%2Bfor+%2Blan0&hit=1

SEP

[Ron Kinner]

Shouldn't it be:


LANCONFIG_ARGS[0]="ether"
DHCP_ENABLE[0]=1

Ron

[Shannon Petry]

You may have a hard time with this if your using a windblows dhcp server. As with everything else, MS makes it work with only their stuff, and everything else is a pain.

Normally, I reserve the IP's out of DHCP for my Unix systems.

You can try to follow those instructions, but all I have to say is good luck. I run Sun servers for DHCP now where I need to run it, and it works every time ;)

Regards,
Shannon