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Re: potato boot-floppies DHCP



> anyway, DHCP works, but it's tempermental, sometimes it works the first
> time, sometimes it takes 3 times.

please note dhcp may take a minute or more to get an ip address.

> maybe the automatic DHCP setup algorithm needs to be checked out, OR have
> the automatic DHCP try setting it up 3 times.  so instead of saying "this
> may take 20 seconds" (i think?), have it say "may take a minute"

it takes up to 20 seconds to detect an error (no dhcp server), but if it
works it may take longer.

randolph
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