How long does it take for the old lease to expire?
It has been nearly a week since the reservation was setup and they still
have their old address. Trying to use dhclient to release the ip address
doesn't do any good because it just gets the old one back. Reboots have
no effect either.
On 06/30/2015 06:39 PM, John Lewis wrote:
Yes.
I will try again, this time by filing a motion at the members meeting
tomorrow. I can probably get the proposal through since I have
something working already, even though it is a hack.
On 06/30/2015 09:23 AM, Anthony Cascone wrote:
And I assume that he's asked everyone, and nobody responded?
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 9:19 AM James Keener <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
He doesn't have access to the router in order to assign a static
lease.
On 06/30/2015 09:16 AM, Anthony Cascone wrote:
> I was following this thread, but stopped for a bit after
reading the
> 9th. I found it vivid and unnecessary.
>
> Being only causally interested in this topic, I haven't been paying
> close attention, but what was the reason for not using static
leases?
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:52 PM John Lewis <oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>
> <mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>
> I implemented the iproute2 method of multiple interfaces.
>
> On 06/27/2015 11:03 PM, John Lewis wrote:
> > Sounds like a plan.
> >
> > I can also make the 1 Ethernet interface have 2 ip
addresses and make
> > the second one be dhcp.
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration
Section:"Multiple IP
> > addresses on One Interface"
> >
> > On 06/27/2015 10:48 PM, James Keener wrote:
> >> Avahi only works if the program you're using is aware of it.
> >>
> >> Just try using DHCP and see if the router picks up the
hostname.
> There
> >> are times it doesn't work and I'm not sure why or how to
predict
> them,
> >> but when it does work it works well.
> >>
> >> If that works then you can bug someone to get you a
static lease.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> On 06/27/2015 10:47 PM, John Lewis wrote:
> >>> I almost freaking puked.
> >>>
> >>> I will setup a rogue dhcp/dns server long before I try
to distribute
> >>> host files. I probably won't do either.
> >>>
> >>> What about that avahi thing? Can zero-configuration
networking
> work on
> >>> the shop's network? We everybody's computers even know
if avahi
> is working?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 06/27/2015 10:21 PM, Steven Owens wrote:
> >>>> On most systems you can also set up a local hosts file
to map
> the name
> >>>> to their IP address.
> >>>>
> >>>> It'd be a clumsy workaround, but it'd deal with it
until you
> can get
> >>>> the router & etc sorted out.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 8:07 PM, John Lewis
<oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>
> <mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
> >>>>> I am not sure. Chad told me that it would be better
for them to be
> >>>>> statically configured at the time I was first setting
up the
> file server
> >>>>> in January. I don't care if they are statically
assigned of I
> am can get
> >>>>> to them by name.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Even if I lose the name somehow I can still find them by
> nmapping the
> >>>>> network but I still need them to be able to be reached by
> people without
> >>>>> nmap.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 06/27/2015 07:48 PM, James Keener wrote:
> >>>>>> Does it not need to change ip addresss if the router can
> access it by
> >>>>>> host name?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Anyway, if you're not using DHCP, then you'll need
to see if
> the router
> >>>>>> can support DNS entries.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Another option is to have it's static IP address in
a public
> DNS entry
> >>>>>> (Like I could set prespi.jimkeener.com
<http://prespi.jimkeener.com>
> <http://prespi.jimkeener.com> to the local ip address of the
> >>>>>> Pi). You'd need to use the fully qualified domain name
> (FQDN) when
> >>>>>> referring to it thought.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Jim
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 06/27/2015 07:44 PM, John Lewis wrote:
> >>>>>>> They aren't doing dhcp request right now. They are
currently
> statically
> >>>>>>> addressed so they won't change IP addresses.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Personally I would use DHCP static leases because
they are
> much easier
> >>>>>>> to manage centrally but I couldn't coordinate with
someone
> with router
> >>>>>>> access.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> pi@prespi ~ $ hostname
> >>>>>>> prespi*
> >>>>>>> *
> >>>>>>> pi@prespi ~ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
> >>>>>>> auto lo
> >>>>>>> iface lo inet loopback
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> auto eth0
> >>>>>>> iface eth0 inet static
> >>>>>>> address 10.20.30.9
> >>>>>>> netmask 255.255.255.0
> >>>>>>> gateway 10.20.30.1
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> auto wlan0
> >>>>>>> allow-hotplug wlan0
> >>>>>>> iface wlan0 inet manual
> >>>>>>> wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> auto wlan1
> >>>>>>> allow-hotplug wlan1
> >>>>>>> iface wlan1 inet manual
> >>>>>>> wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf*
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> *pi@diskpi ~ $ hostname
> >>>>>>> diskpi
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> pi@diskpi ~ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
> >>>>>>> auto lo
> >>>>>>> iface lo inet loopback
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> auto eth0
> >>>>>>> iface eth0 inet static
> >>>>>>> address 10.20.30.10
> >>>>>>> netmask 255.255.255.0
> >>>>>>> gateway 10.20.30.1
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> allow-hotplug wlan0
> >>>>>>> iface wlan0 inet manual
> >>>>>>> wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> >>>>>>> iface default inet dhcp
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 06/27/2015 07:37 PM, James Keener wrote:
> >>>>>>>> The router should support the Pi sending it's
hostname in
> the Pi's DHCP
> >>>>>>>> Request.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> if you type `hostname` on the pi, what do you get?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Jim
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 06/27/2015 07:35 PM, John Lewis wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> No wonder neither of them are working anymore.
They are
> set as static
> >>>>>>>>> addresses.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Is there any work around or I need to wait for
someone
> with router
> >>>>>>>>> access to setup a static DHCP lease?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On 06/27/2015 07:31 PM, James Keener wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> The Pi should broadcast its hostname when it
does a DHCP
> request. Some
> >>>>>>>>>> routers let you add in a hostnam if you set up a
static
> DHCP lease as well.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On 06/27/2015 07:29 PM, John Lewis wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> How does the router register names? I want get the
> Raspberry Pi's
> >>>>>>>>>>> re-registerd after their name change, but I
don't know
> how you do it.
> >>>>>>>>>>> Does anyone else know?
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>
> >
>
>
