>Number:         7945
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       dhclient logs continous errors with ipv6
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul  8 22:35:00 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Wolfgang Rupprecht
>Organization:
W S Rupprecht Computer Consulting, Fremont CA
>Release:        netbsd-current 7/6/99
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD pasillo.wsrcc.com 1.4D NetBSD 1.4D (WSRCC505) #0: Tue Jul 6 14:51:49 PDT 1999 wolfgang@capsicum.wsrcc.com:/v/src/netbsd/NetBSD-current/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/WSRCC505 i386


>Description:
	
	with IPv6 dhclient logs continual errors

	Jul  6 22:09:22 pasillo sbin/dhclient: Trying medium "-link0 -link1 -link2" 1
	Jul  6 22:09:23 pasillo sbin/dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on faith0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
	Jul  6 22:09:23 pasillo sbin/dhclient: send_packet: Address family not supported by protocol family

	This error msg set repeats every few minutes.

>How-To-Repeat:
	dhclient <cr>
>Fix:
	
	Have dhclient stop retrying interfaces that it has discovered
	permanent errors on.

	work-around: run dhclient with an interface spec on the
	command line so that only known good interfaces are tried.
	
	downside: This prevents a more generic startup script where
	the same startup files can be used on any computer,
	irregardless of the type of network cards currently plugged
	into the pcmcia.
>Audit-Trail:
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