Arthur Hagen wrote:

> Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> wrote:
>> Arthur Hagen wrote:
>>
>>> I have a computer with two interfaces, a wired and a wireless
>>> interface. Both appear to function correctly, BUT:
>>>
>>> After about half an hour, the dhcpcd for the wireless interface will
>>> start querying the DHCP servers over and over again, twice every 3
>>> seconds, and will continue to do so until dhcpcd is killed or
>>> restarted, after which it works correctly for half an hour again.
>>> [...] This problem only occurs for the wlan0 interface, and not for
>>> eth0.
>>>
>>> Anyone seen this, and know what could cause this misbehaviour?
>>
>> Just a wild guess, but couldn't it be so that the wireless
>> connections time out after a given period?
>>
>> I'm running an IRC network with a couple of friends, and many - I
>> would even say "most" - of those who have a wireless LAN set-up at
>> home ping out from IRC multiple times per day, while those with a
>> cabled LAN or a direct connection to the internet have a more stable
>> connection with the IRC server.
>>
>> Maybe it's something typical of WiFi... Don't know, really... :-/
>
> Nah, the wireless connection stays up. It's just the DHCP renewal
> requests that suddenly happen again and again.
>
> Perhaps it has something to do with the DHCP request being broadcast, and
> thus received on BOTH interfaces, and dhcpcd not liking that the first
> reply is on eth0 (simply because wired ethernet is faster than wifi)? But
> if so, then why does the original request work, and only the renews fail?
>
> [...]

Perhaps you should file a bug report then. Might be nice if they get it
fixed before 2008.0 becomes official. ;-)

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*Aragorn*
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)