Re: [gentoo-user] Machine running before modem turned on - Network weirdness

[Alan McKinnon]

On 26/07/2016 18:01, Andrew Lowe wrote:
> Hi all,
>     I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem
> turned on before the computer otherwise, I wouldn't get an IP address.
> Then something changed. One day I forgot to turn on the modem first. I
> turned the machine on then realised the modem wasn't on, I turned it,
> the modem, on and prepared to reboot the machine only to see an IP
> address appear.
>
>     It appeared that dhcp was now periodically attempting to get an
> address whereas in the past, if on boot it didn't find one, that was it,
> it just gave up. It appears that my machine has now, for some reason
> reverted to "the olden days" of IP address allocation. No modem at boot,
> no IP address. Reboot the machine, with the modem continuing to run, and
> I get an IP address. When I have no IP address, I can run "dhcpcd
> restart" and I'll get one.
>
>     Anyone got any idea as to what has changed? What should I be looking
> for to fiddle to get my preferred behaviour, modem/machine startup in
> any order and I'll get an IP address. Is there a dchp "polling time" or
> something similar that I need to set to get this running nicely again?
>
>     Thoughts greatly appreciated,
>         Andrew
>

There's no single global default, that is set is whatever dhcp client
you are using. Which one is it?


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