# DHCP Startup

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/dhcp-startup/21952>\
**Category:** SLES Networking\
**Created:** [September 7, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/dhcp-startup/21952 "2011-09-07T21:01:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/dhcp-startup/21952/1 "2011-09-07T21:01:09Z")

</div>

NOES2 SP3  
SLES10 SP3  
XEN Paravirtualized on SLES11 SP1  
DHCP V3.0.7

On Start up of the DHCP daemon the following error is returned:

socket: Address family not supported by protocol - make sure CONFIG\_PACKET  
(Packet socket) and CONFIG\_FILTER (Socket Filtering) are enabled in your  
kernel  
configuration!

DHCP never starts. Did get it to work on another indentical guest w/o  
installing any updates to that server after the server build. That, of  
course is a work around and not a solution.

Please, any ideas on this.

This was posted a year ago w/o any resolution. Perhaps there is some  
interest at this time.

Thanks,  
JoeK

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/dhcp-startup/21952/2 "2011-09-13T19:04:09Z")

</div>

Joe,

It appears that in the past few days you have not received a response to your  
posting. That concerns us, and has triggered this automated reply.

Has your problem been resolved? If not, you might try one of the following options:

- Visit [http://support.novell.com](http://support.novell.com) and search the knowledgebase and/or check all  
the other self support options and support programs available.
- You could also try posting your message again. Make sure it is posted in the  
correct newsgroup. ([http://forums.novell.com](http://forums.novell.com))

Be sure to read the forum FAQ about what to expect in the way of responses:  
[http://forums.novell.com/faq.php](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php)

If this is a reply to a duplicate posting, please ignore and accept our apologies  
and rest assured we will issue a stern reprimand to our posting bot.

Good luck!

Your Novell Product Support Forums Team  
[http://forums.novell.com/](http://forums.novell.com/)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/dhcp-startup/21952/3 "2011-09-23T14:36:49Z")

</div>

On 07/09/2011 19:01, Joe Kress wrote:  
[color=blue]

> NOES2 SP3  
> SLES10 SP3  
> XEN Paravirtualized on SLES11 SP1  
> DHCP V3.0.7
> 
> On Start up of the DHCP daemon the following error is returned:
> 
> socket: Address family not supported by protocol - make sure CONFIG\_PACKET  
> (Packet socket) and CONFIG\_FILTER (Socket Filtering) are enabled in your  
> kernel  
> configuration!
> 
> DHCP never starts. Did get it to work on another indentical guest w/o  
> installing any updates to that server after the server build. That, of  
> course is a work around and not a solution.
> 
> Please, any ideas on this.
> 
> This was posted a year ago w/o any resolution. Perhaps there is some  
> interest at this time.[/color]

FYI this thread is being discussed within the OES-Linux Networking  
support forum @  
[http://forums.novell.com/forum/showthread.php/444344-dhcp-startup.html](http://forums.novell.com/forum/showthread.php/444344-dhcp-startup.html)

## HTH.

Simon  
Novell Knowledge Partner (NKP)

* * *

## Do you work with Novell technologies at a university, college or school? If so, your campus could benefit from joining the Novell Technology Transfer Partner (TTP) program. See [novell.com/ttp](http://novell.com/ttp) for more details.