FreeBSD. How to set dhclient to infinite number of attempts to get an ip address?

Question

FreeBSD

For a long time I noticed strange glitches with the Internet on the server under FreeBSD. The provider issues an ip-address via DHCP, and you need to re-obtain the address at least once a day, that is, the option to register statically is not suitable.
For the sake of experiment, I installed FreeBSD in VitualBox'e, the network interface received an ip-address via DHCP. Then I turned off the DHCP server in order to see what would happen. DHCLIENT sent the 4th unicast request to the ip-address of the dhcp server, then the 8th request broadcast and that's it. There is a dhclient in the processes, but I didn’t see more attempts to get an ip-address after half an hour with tcpdump.
I have read man dhclient.conf(5) but it is either bad or indeed there is no way to tell the dhclient process not to stop trying to get an ip address.

Answer 1

make it easier, write a script to restart the dhcp client and run it in kroner every 5-10 minutes, while the record of your poppy + Ip hangs on the server, the server will receive the old ip, otherwise the new one. well, or a script with checking what Ip address is on the interface, if 0,0,0,0 then send a dhcp restart to the client.

Answer 2

0_o fuck it's a problem. This is how crooked hands the provider should have that in a given interval the fryakha does not receive a lease extension from the dhcp server.

Answer 3

no, pr normal. a situation is considered when, for those reasons, there is no network, and the lease of the ip-address expires / has expired. Later, the network is restored, and the server remains without the Internet

Answer 4

thanks for the idea! I wrote the script, I'm testing it...