On Saturday 21 June 2003 09:49, Hartmut Meyer wrote:
Hi,
Am Samstag, 21. Juni 2003 02:24 schrieb Dylan:
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Now, two machines report during boot that DHCP for eth0 has failed, but by the time I can log in ifconfig reports a valid IP address. Also, if I manually rcnetwork restart, eth0 reports DHCP failure, but an immediate ifconfig shows an address.
Looks like a timing problem. The DHCP client startup script looses patience with the server and reports "failed". Nevertheless the client still keeps listening. And shortly after that the server response comes and everything is fine.
No, the failed indication is immediate - not timeout dots, no "No IP address yet... Backgrounding message", just a fat red failed immediately. Dylan -- Sweet moderation Heart of this nation Desert us not We are between the wars - Billy Bragg