Re: bin/52403: dhclient program doesn't send dhcp-client-identifier set in /etc/dhclient.conf

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/52403; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/52403: dhclient program doesn't send dhcp-client-identifier
 set in /etc/dhclient.conf
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:41:39 +0200

 On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 05:30:01PM +0000, m.viey%wanadoo.fr@localhost wrote:
 > Unfortunately, NetBSD send a client-identifier which is not understood by the router. Because the client identifier take the precedence to the mac address if I want get a static IP from the router from NetBSD I must configure the BSD dhcp client for it doesn't send this identifier. But whatever I try to do with the configuration file /etc/dhclient.conf the router always receive a bytes sequence in place of client identifier, and another IP than expected is attribued.
 > 
 > Here is my last try /etc/dhclient.conf:
 
 Stupid question: are you sure you are using dhclient?
 
 Default DHCP client in netbsd-7 is dhcpcd(8), but if you explicitly
 configured dhcpclient, it should work too.
 
 Martin