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glenn69 · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 2

During bootup I eventually get to a series of messages stating that DHCP is being searched.
ex...

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X

Sometimes I boot without an internet connection, however this step seems to keep repeating hoping for a connection. A couple minutes pass before it gives up.

How can I bypass this step for the times that I don't need a connection? I want it to do the search only when I am connected via ethernet.

thanks

anticapitalista · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:36 am Post subject:

Welcome to antiX

To answer your question use the
mean
cheatcode at the grub menu.

Once in X, open a terminal, su to root and type
dhclient
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.ee · Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 19

Yes, it works. However, it would be still nice to have network on (I am on DHCP) immediately after booting without opening the root terminal etc.

It is a small thing, but it works without problem in most other distors I tried before (perhaps except Puppy where I had to configre the network with a few clicks).

r3bol · Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 48

Is it possible to write a bash script that automates typing dhclient and have it execute after boot under root privileges?

anticapitalista · Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject:

.ee

It is a pain in the neck for some users, but not for all. There must be some problem with dhcp. You could try re-installing it again, see this thread.

http://antix.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=119

r3bol,

That would be nice, I don't know how to though, maybe someone else will.
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UnicornRider · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 40

r3bol · Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 48

seems to work! Very Happy

...except the command is dhclient &

UnicornRider · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 40