Listening on LPF/eth0/00:15:c5:7e:06:c2 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:15:c5:7e:06:c2 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPOFFER from 172.20.0.4 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 172.20.0.4 bound to 172.20.231.207 -- renewal in 77237123 seconds. chris@chris-laptop:~$ sudo dhclient eth0 There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 12200 killed old client process, removed PID file Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5 Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:15:c5:7e:06:c2 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:15:c5:7e:06:c2 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 No DHCPOFFERS received. Trying recorded lease 172.20.231.207 PING 172.20.0.2 (172.20.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data. --- 172.20.0.2 ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.022/1.022/1.022/0.000 ms bound: renewal in 77237017 seconds.