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Re: How to force ifup to wait for dhcp?



Hello Mike,

Am 2008-07-21 00:43:51, schrieb Mike Bird:
> DHCP does retry.  It's not optimal but it kinda works.  Sometime after
> AP authentication we eventually get DHCP from one of the retries.
> 
> The problem is that I've not found a way to make startup wait for DHCP
> before plowing ahead and making a mess of openvpn, which then messes up
> the routing in quagga.

I have exactly the same problem.

The reason WHY it does not work is,  because  DHCP  is  going  into  the
background and the script is exiting with a ExitStatus of 0  which  then
executes automaticaly /etc/network/if-up.d/ where IF_ADDR is not set.

So, seting up any routes or such will fail.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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