[mythtv-users] VERY OT: Going to Linux.

[Nick Morrott]

On 02/06/07, MacNean Tyrrell <dardack at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know off topic from this, but One thing, i have posted this to the forum
> but no one seems to know, has anyone seen this problem with linux and
> wireless (i went Ubuntu):

Why is it a "problem"? If you have no source address (0.0.0.0), what
could the destination address be, other than 255.255.255.255?

> (If I scan with the wireless it does find my wireless node ESID properly)
>
> sudo dhclient wlan0
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
>
> Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
>
> Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0f:66:13:ae:d9
>
> Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:0f:66:13:ae:d9
> Sending on Socket/fallback
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
> bogus UDP packet length: 556

<snip repeated log>

> Why is it trying on 255.255.255.255??

<rant>
As a "tech/computer savvy person" why not search Google and Wikipedia?
I just searched for "dhcp 255.255.255.255" on Google, and got the DHCP
page at Wikipedia, with a full explanation of the DHCP
discover/offer/request/acknowledge sequence. I'd suggest giving it a
good read through -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol.
Teach a man to fish and all that...
</rant>
-- 
Nick

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