Re: DHCP auto renew - not working
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 14:50:27 -0600, betty Snoop wrote:
> Out of the box Debian 4.0 installation.
>
> /etc/network/interfaces
> -------------------------------
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> -------------------------------
>
> Unplugging my network cable I get the following output:
> e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link down
>
> Plugging it in again recognized that it's connected in, but the IP will not
> renew. On reboot it always renews the IP correctly.
>
> Why does it not renew the IP automatically? Should I be using something
> other than "allow-hotplug"?
As far as my experience goes, the most reliable approach for this kind
of situation is to install "ifplugd" and to configure it to handle all
wired network interfaces which are not plugged in permanently.
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