Bob Proulx wrote:
The more typical use would be with a dhcp device. Which would look like this: auto eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp
Okay, well the debian squeeze rc1 installer doesn't add "auto eth0" for dhcp. That explains why the networking comes up delayed ... it still comes up though, just not as quickly.
# cat interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Just tried the rc1 last night ;-) -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP