Re: DHCP takes longer than 20 seconds

[Stefan Gybas <stefan@gybas.com>]

Eric Hanchrow wrote:

> However, on my system it usually takes about 75 seconds(!).  Perhaps
> the message should say

There is a configuration file on the root disk 8/etc/pump.conf) that sets
1 retry and a timeout of 10 seconds per retry so DHCP should not take
longer than 20 seconds. However, if pump recieves an answer from a DHCP
server within the timeout and it needs to send another request to this
server the timeout is ignored.

>     "This could take a minute or two."

It could take a lot longer if there is a DHCP server (and you can't tell
how long it will take) - it only takes 20 seconds if there is no DHCP
server in the local network.

-- 
Stefan Gybas