dhcpd - No Free Leases

Hi All

I am continually getting the error "no free leases" when I try to boot
up networked control panels.

In the configuration file you can see I have tried a number of ways...

The dhcp.conf file follows:

ddns-update-style ad-hoc; // Tried NONE INTERIM ...
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 777600;

subnet 168.1.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
{
}

host k1 {
hardware ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
fixed-address 168.1.0.32
filename "/tftpboot/remote.bin"
}

host k2 {
hardware ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
fixed-address 168.1.0.34
filename "/tftpboot/remote.bin"
}

host k3 {
hardware ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
fixed-address 168.1.0.36
filename "/tftpboot/remote.bin"
}

I get

dhcpdHCPDICOVER from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx via eth1: network
168.1.0.0/24:no free leases

Anyone had this kind of problems, or any advice would really be helpful

Thanks

"NAV" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hardware ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> hardware ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> hardware ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

> dhcpdHCPDICOVER from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx via eth1: network

You've obscured the information we need to understand your problem!

DS

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, NAV <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:-

>Hi All
>
>I am continually getting the error "no free leases" when I try to boot
>up networked control panels.
>
>In the configuration file you can see I have tried a number of ways...
>
>The dhcp.conf file follows:
>
>ddns-update-style ad-hoc; // Tried NONE INTERIM ...
>default-lease-time 21600;
>max-lease-time 777600;
>
>subnet 168.1.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
>{
>}

If you're wanting dynamically assigned addresses, you need to specify
the range of addresses available for assignment. In my dhcp.conf file I
have the following:

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.0.16 192.168.0.100;
range 192.168.0.102 192.168.0.160;
range 192.168.0.162 192.168.0.207;
range 192.168.0.209 192.168.0.223;
}

with fixed hosts in the gaps. This works just fine and, when someone
plugs into my network[0] they get assigned an IP starting at the top of
the range and working down.

My guess, from this:

>host k1 {
> hardware ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> fixed-address 168.1.0.32
> filename "/tftpboot/remote.bin"
>}
>
>host k2 {
> hardware ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> fixed-address 168.1.0.34
> filename "/tftpboot/remote.bin"
>}
>
>host k3 {
> hardware ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> fixed-address 168.1.0.36
> filename "/tftpboot/remote.bin"
>}

is you're wanting to assign static addresses. If so, try dropping
"address" so they look like:

host k1 {
hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
fixed-address 168.1.0.32
filename "/tftpboot/remote.bin"
}

host k2 {
hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
fixed-address 168.1.0.34
filename "/tftpboot/remote.bin"
}

host k3 {
hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
fixed-address 168.1.0.36
filename "/tftpboot/remote.bin"
}

This would then match one of my working assignments:

host flossy {
fixed-address 192.168.0.7;
hardware ethernet 00:11:95:87:b7:f8;
}


Regards,
David Bolt

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David Schwartz wrote:

>> dhcpdHCPDICOVER from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx via eth1: network
>
> You've obscured the information we need to understand your problem!
>

Why would anyone even do that, considering that the MAC address is
irrelevant outside of his local network?

"James Knott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:rI2dnXu81oIAPoLeRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...

> David Schwartz wrote:

>>> dhcpdHCPDICOVER from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx via eth1: network
>>
>> You've obscured the information we need to understand your problem!

> Why would anyone even do that, considering that the MAC address is
> irrelevant outside of his local network?

From the mac address we could tell the manufacturer and tease him about
his choice of cheapo network cards.

DS

Hi all:
I did not add the HW address becoz of not confusing people and not
worried abt any cheapo cards

I am trying to assign static address only for the remote control
panels. I am seeing this problem just abt recently... I found that
dhcpd.leases is empty, does this require any info in this. Also why do
I need leasing start time and end time for even static IP add's

Thanks

"NAV" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I did not add the HW address becoz of not confusing people and not
> worried abt any cheapo cards

That made it impossible to tell whether the computer that wasn't getting
an IP was configured to get one at all.

> I am trying to assign static address only for the remote control
> panels.

I don't see any configuration in there for anything else.

> I am seeing this problem just abt recently... I found that
> dhcpd.leases is empty, does this require any info in this.

That means there are no leases, assuming you're looking at the right
file and the server is able to update it.

> Also why do
> I need leasing start time and end time for even static IP add's

Because DHCP still grants them a lease to that IP for a particular
amount of time which they have to renew.

DS