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Re: dhclient at boot?



have a look at the laptop-net package

jerome

On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 16:34, Dave Price wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a laptop running debian woody.  I can do dhcp networking okay, but I need to run
> dhclient by hand as root whenever i reboot.
> 
> In truth, this system is usually used in dhcp environments, and
> on those occasions when dhcp is not available, I have a
> reserved static configuration that will work consistantly.
> 
> can anyone suggest a nice way to handle this 'logic' in a
> startup script?
> 
> i.e.
> 
> try dhclient, if fail, then set eth0 manually ...
> 
> aloha (and TIA)
> dave
> 



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