Re: DHCP problem following Etch upgrade
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:43:06 +0000
John Halton <johnhalton@gmail.com> wrote:
> John Halton wrote:
> > This is the same problem as in my previous thread ("Hanging during
> > boot-up following dbus upgrade") but a response on that thread has
> > enabled me to narrow it down a bit.
> >
> > dhcp-client (I assume) is pausing indefinitely at the "bound to
> > 80.x.xxx.x -- renewal in 56953 seconds" message. This applies during
> > boot-up and also if I run "ifup eth0".
> >
> > Hitting Ctrl+C gets past the problem and the IP address appears to be
> > bound correctly despite this pause - at least, I'm not having any
> > difficulty connecting to the internet.
> >
> > The problem has only started arising since a recent upgrade in which I
> > replaced dbus-1 with dbus, on my Etch installation.
> >
> > Also, while we're on the subject of dhcp-client, is there any
> > reason/benefit to installing dhcp3-client instead of, or as well as,
> > dhcp-client? At the moment I only have dhcp-client installed, it's not
> > been a problem to date, and am not quite sure what the difference is.
>
> As a follow-up, I've tried replacing dhcp-client with dhcp3-client, and
> the same problem is still arising.
>
>
have you tried the dhcpcd package?
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Shawn Lamson
madzimambo@optonline.net
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