I am still trying to figure out why my "rebuilding database" takes so long. Well, I'm doing a capture on the serial port, and I see that there's some kind of problem with DHCP... This section repeats infinitely...

3bdcf9f1 DHCP Extensions present: 61 53 55 57 12
3bdcf9f1 DHCP Sent DHCPREQUEST packet (XID=3f79019f, secs=0) to 255.255.255.255 (eth0)
3bdcf9f2 DHCP Got a BOOTP packet from 10.251.6.17 (eth0)
3bdcf9f2 DHCP Got bootp reply packet, client=00000000, server=1106fb0a, your=1506fb0a (eth0)
3bdcf9f2 DHCP Received DHCPACK
3bdcf9f2 DHCP Extensions present: 53 51 54 1 3 6 15
3bdcf9f2 DHCP dhcp lease/renew/rebind -1/0/0
3bdcf9f2 DHCP after tweak, dhcp lease/renew/rebind -1/-1/-61
3bdcf9f2 DHCP siaddr=00000000 serverid=1106fb0a srcip=1106fb0a
3bdcf9f2 DHCP dns server 206.13.28.12
3bdcf9f2 DHCP dns server 206.13.31.12
3bdcf9f2 DHCP DHCP confirmed eth0 existing ip address of 1506fb0a
3bdcf9f2 DHCP Sending rebind request (xid=3f9a113b) (eth0)
3bdcf9f2 DHCP Constructing DHCP request to send to 255.255.255.255 (eth0)
3bdcf9f2 DHCP We believe eth0 IP address to be 10.251.6.21.
3bdcf9f2 DHCP Sending DHCP request (eth0)
3bdcf9f2 DHCP Extensions present: 61 53 55 57 12
3bdcf9f2 DHCP Sent DHCPREQUEST packet (XID=3f9a113b, secs=0) to 255.255.255.255 (eth0)
3bdcf9f3 DHCP Got a BOOTP packet from 10.251.6.17 (eth0)
3bdcf9f3 DHCP Got bootp reply packet, client=00000000, server=1106fb0a, your=1506fb0a (eth0)
3bdcf9f3 DHCP Received DHCPACK
3bdcf9f3 DHCP Extensions present: 53 51 54 1 3 6 15
3bdcf9f3 DHCP dhcp lease/renew/rebind -1/0/0
3bdcf9f3 DHCP after tweak, dhcp lease/renew/rebind -1/-1/-61
3bdcf9f3 DHCP siaddr=00000000 serverid=1106fb0a srcip=1106fb0a
3bdcf9f3 DHCP dns server 206.13.28.12
3bdcf9f3 DHCP dns server 206.13.31.12
3bdcf9f3 DHCP DHCP confirmed eth0 existing ip address of 1506fb0a
3bdcf9f3 DHCP Sending rebind request (xid=6dc02637) (eth0)
3bdcf9f3 DHCP Constructing DHCP request to send to 255.255.255.255 (eth0)
3bdcf9f3 DHCP We believe eth0 IP address to be 10.251.6.21.
3bdcf9f3 DHCP Sending DHCP request (eth0)
3bdcf9f3 DHCP Extensions present: 61 53 55 57 12
3bdcf9f3 DHCP Sent DHCPREQUEST packet (XID=6dc02637, secs=0) to 255.255.255.255 (eth0)
3bdcf9f5 DHCP Got a BOOTP packet from 10.251.6.17 (eth0)
3bdcf9f5 DHCP Got bootp reply packet, client=00000000, server=1106fb0a, your=1506fb0a (eth0)
3bdcf9f5 DHCP Received DHCPACK
3bdcf9f5 DHCP Extensions present: 53 51 54 1 3 6 15
3bdcf9f5 DHCP dhcp lease/renew/rebind -1/0/0
3bdcf9f5 DHCP after tweak, dhcp lease/renew/rebind -1/-1/-61
3bdcf9f5 DHCP siaddr=00000000 serverid=1106fb0a srcip=1106fb0a
3bdcf9f5 DHCP dns server 206.13.28.12
3bdcf9f5 DHCP dns server 206.13.31.12
3bdcf9f5 DHCP DHCP confirmed eth0 existing ip address of 1506fb0a
3bdcf9f5 DHCP Sending rebind request (xid=5274247a) (eth0)
3bdcf9f5 DHCP Constructing DHCP request to send to 255.255.255.255 (eth0)
3bdcf9f5 DHCP We believe eth0 IP address to be 10.251.6.21.
3bdcf9f5 DHCP Sending DHCP request (eth0)
3bdcf9f5 DHCP Extensions present: 61 53 55 57 12
3bdcf9f5 DHCP Sent DHCPREQUEST packet (XID=5274247a, secs=0) to 255.255.255.255 (eth0)

Why is this happening over and over again? The empeg did get an ip address of 10.251.6.21. Is this the reason for my firewall slow down too?

- Jon