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From: Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] net.eth0 and net.eth1 choice + net.eth1 timeout
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:09:39
Message-Id: da5cd1900602170104q73a0b8fcw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] net.eth0 and net.eth1 choice + net.eth1 timeout by Heinz Sporn
1 Hi Heinz,
2 thanks for this hint i will try it. Question number 1) seems ok...........
3
4 Regards,
5 MC
6
7 2006/2/17, Heinz Sporn <heinz.sporn@××××××××.com>:
8 > Am Freitag, den 17.02.2006, 09:29 +0100 schrieb Marco Calviani:
9 > > Hi list,
10 > > i would like to share a problem that i'm encountering in dealing
11 > > with two net interfaces. I've a "normal" ethernet device (eth0) and a
12 > > wireless ipw2200 one (eth1).
13 > >
14 > > 1) i would like to have, at boot, a situation in which first of all
15 > > eth0 is started; if dhcp signal is found proceed with the
16 > > initialization of eth0, while if dhcp is not found try to start eth1.
17 > >
18 >
19 > Have you looked into sys-apps/ifplugd ?
20 >
21 > > 2) as of now, at boot time i've only eth0; obviously if it's not
22 > > connected via ethernet cable the dhcp goes in timeout and net
23 > > initialization is failed. Then at the prompt i reissue
24 > > /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start to start wireless connection. However, and
25 > > here's the problem, the first time i digit this, eth1 goes in timeout
26 > > too. Digiting another time the same command and everythig goes well.
27 > > This situation is encountered everytime.
28 > >
29 > > Thanks in advance for any hint,
30 > > MC
31 > >
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