dhcpcd message: packet "is not ours" ???

jrtayloriv · 12-16-2007, 11:59 AM

When I run --

Quote:

/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart

-- to start my networking, I get a message from dhcpcd saying :

Quote:

Ignoring packet with xid 1599999 as it's not ours (1243123434)

What does this mean?

Thanks,
jrtayloriv

acid_kewpie · 12-16-2007, 01:00 PM

xid is an identifier chosen by the client to ensure that the request coming back is indeed the answer to it's request, not someone elses...

there's a good summary of the xid attribute here... http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/2131/20.htm

jrtayloriv · 01-06-2008, 12:18 AM

Thanks acid_kewpie -- I've always wondered how they checked for that on insecure networks...

--jrtayloriv