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From: Heinz Sporn <heinz.sporn@××××××××.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 08:51:42
Message-Id: 1140165992.10196.4.camel@spok.local.sporn-it.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] net.eth0 and net.eth1 choice + net.eth1 timeout by Marco Calviani
1 Am Freitag, den 17.02.2006, 09:29 +0100 schrieb Marco Calviani:
2 > Hi list,
3 > i would like to share a problem that i'm encountering in dealing
4 > with two net interfaces. I've a "normal" ethernet device (eth0) and a
5 > wireless ipw2200 one (eth1).
6 >
7 > 1) i would like to have, at boot, a situation in which first of all
8 > eth0 is started; if dhcp signal is found proceed with the
9 > initialization of eth0, while if dhcp is not found try to start eth1.
10 >
11
12 Have you looked into sys-apps/ifplugd ?
13
14 > 2) as of now, at boot time i've only eth0; obviously if it's not
15 > connected via ethernet cable the dhcp goes in timeout and net
16 > initialization is failed. Then at the prompt i reissue
17 > /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start to start wireless connection. However, and
18 > here's the problem, the first time i digit this, eth1 goes in timeout
19 > too. Digiting another time the same command and everythig goes well.
20 > This situation is encountered everytime.
21 >
22 > Thanks in advance for any hint,
23 > MC
24 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] net.eth0 and net.eth1 choice + net.eth1 timeout Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] net.eth0 and net.eth1 choice + net.eth1 timeout Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>