DHCP and ARP

arpdhcp

This is when there appears an error message on the DHCP client, Fujitsu_something, that says acquiring an IP address has failed.

NecPlatf_something is the DHCP server at 192.168.0.1.

The message disappears within a second, and the device will become IP reachable at 192.168.0.195.

% arp -n
Address                  HWtype  HWaddress           Flags Mask            Iface
192.168.0.195            ether   2c:d4:44:00:00:00   C                     eth0

% ping 192.168.0.195
PING 192.168.0.195 (192.168.0.195) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.195: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=31.8 ms