Re: iwd 1.21 stuck on connecting state

[Denis Kenzior <denkenz at gmail.com>]

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Hi James,

> - DHCP offers 192.168.1.33
> - IWD responds with a request for .33
> - 2 seconds go by and DHCP offers 192.168.1.35
> - IWD ignores offer as its already waiting for a reply from its
> original request
> - IWD continues to retransmit requests for .35 but the server ignores
> them.
> 
> It seems the server wants .35 as this is what works later when (I
> assume) you restarted IWD.
> 
> A quick fix could be that we automatically restart DHCP after some
> timeout (same effect as you restarting IWD). The proper fix would be to
> handle this multiple offer case.

The second .35 offer seems to come from the same DHCP server as the first one. 
So we may be able to handle this case by assuming the current offer supersedes 
the last one we have from this server and restart the request.

Regards,
-Denis