I need to use DHCP to set the address and hostname of my machines. I have configured everything through yast and checked the rc.config and rc.dhcpcd.confg files and all looks correct. In fact it all appears to work, however, my local network administrator tells me that the dhcp client daemon is sending many packets per second to port 67. I changed the DHCLIENT_DEBUG option to 'yes' and restarted the dhcpcd service and immediatly foung my log files were filling up. It looks like the daemon is sending another broadcast request immediatly after a DHCPACK. Surely, there should be a wait period before requesting a confirmation? In fact - is there any need to re-request before the end of the lease time? So...is this how the SuSE dhcpcd client daemon is supposed to run or is something broken either at the cleint or server end? Here's what my log file looks like, repeated many times per second (I've substitued the server's IP with ss and cleint's with cc to make things clearer): Oct 8 12:45:52 client_machine dhcpcd[2097]: DHCP_ACK received from server.umist.ac.uk (130.88.ss.ss) Oct 8 12:45:52 client_machine dhcpcd[2097]: broadcasting DHCP_REQUEST for 130.88.cc.cc Oct 8 12:45:52 client_machine dhcpcd[2097]: DHCP_ACK received from server.umist.ac.uk (130.88.ss.ss) Oct 8 12:45:52 client_machine dhcpcd[2097]: broadcasting DHCP_REQUEST for 130.88.cc.cc I tried using the -T option and got a warning: Oct 8 12:55:41 client_machine dhcpcd[2140]: broadcasting DHCP_DISCOVER Oct 8 12:55:41 client_machine dhcpcd[2140]: broadcastAddr option is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 130.88.255.255 Oct 8 12:55:41 client_machine dhcpcd[2140]: broadcasting second DHCP_DISCOVER Oct 8 12:55:41 client_machine dhcpcd[2140]: DHCP_OFFER received from server.umist.ac.uk (130.88.ss.ss) Oct 8 12:55:41 client_machine dhcpcd[2140]: broadcasting DHCP_REQUEST for 130.88.cc.cc Oct 8 12:55:41 client_machine dhcpcd[2140]: DHCP_ACK received from server.umist.ac.uk (130.88.ss.ss) The assumes broadcast address is correct. Finally, here's the info stored on the client: IPADDR=130.88.cc.cc NETMASK=255.255.0.0 NETWORK=130.88.0.0 BROADCAST=130.88.255.255 GATEWAY=130.88.110.250 HOSTNAME=client_machine DNS=130.88.ss.ss,130.88.ss.tt DHCPSID=130.88.ss.ss DHCPGIADDR=130.88.110.250 DHCPSIADDR=130.88.ss.ss DHCPCHADDR=00:90:27:BE:02:AC DHCPSHADDR=00:D0:BC:F4:2B:04 DHCPSNAME=server.umist.ac.uk LEASETIME=1209600 RENEWALTIME=0 REBINDTIME=0 -- Simon Oliver