Bug 7526

when redhat 6.1 i386 was installed it was set to use dhcp. as soon as
installation was finished, the ip assignement was changed to manual via
linuxconf. an ip different from the one previously obtained via dhcp was
used.

the new manually assigned ip works correctly, but the dhcp client is still
sending a dhcp request to the dhcp server. when the server responds, the
dhcp client ignores it. the dhcp client again requests an ip a few seconds
later, then ignores the response, ... ad infinitum

this bug does not in any way interfere with the proper working of the
computer or its networking. it just fills the log of the dhcp server.
restarting network interface did not stop the behavior so i rebooted the
computer, thus fixing the problem.

here is a sample from the log of my dhcp server (dhcpd from bind
distribution, openbsd 2.5):

Dec  2 19:10:14 nexus dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.23 from
00:60:b0:b4:6a:f9 via le2
Dec  2 19:10:14 nexus dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.23 to 00:60:b0:b4:6a:f9
via le2
Dec  2 19:10:14 nexus dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.23 from
00:60:b0:b4:6a:f9 via le2
Dec  2 19:10:14 nexus dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.23 to 00:60:b0:b4:6a:f9
via le2
Dec  2 19:10:14 nexus dhcpd: send_fallback: Host is down
Dec  2 19:10:17 nexus dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.23 from
00:60:b0:b4:6a:f9 via le2
Dec  2 19:10:17 nexus dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.23 to 00:60:b0:b4:6a:f9
via le2
Dec  2 19:10:17 nexus dhcpd: send_fallback: Host is down
Dec  2 19:10:17 nexus dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.23 from
00:60:b0:b4:6a:f9 via le2
Dec  2 19:10:17 nexus dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.23 to 00:60:b0:b4:6a:f9
via le2
Dec  2 19:10:17 nexus dhcpd: send_fallback: Host is down