[Asterisk-Users] Soekris net4801 and IAXy dhcp issue

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Juan Luis Moyano wrote:
> Hi all, I have a Soekris net4801-50 board with OpenBSD 3.9 where I've 
> configured a dhcp server and tested it with a regular PC connected 
> directly via a crossover cable with success. The problem comes when I 
> try to connect my IAXy device instead of the PC. I can see with 'tcpdump 
> -nettti sis1' that the IAXy isn't sending any packets to the dhcp 
> server. I thought my IAXy was bad but then I configured a second dhcp 
> server with the exact same config file and the IAXy worked right out. So 
> I don't have a clue of what could be happening. Please shed me some 
> light on this issue. Thanks in advance.

I've suspected for a while that the IAXy does not use DHCP, but uses a 
similar, older protocol called BOOTP.  It could not hurt to try and 
enable BOOTP on your DHCP server (ISC DHCP server supports this).