dhcpcd search time.......

[Ralph Crongeyer]

Thanks Niki.

That worked!

Also I found that you can edit the "/etc/config.d/network/eth0" file and add 
the line:

DHCP_OPTIONS="-t 15"

Thanks for you help.

Ralph

On Monday 22 September 2003 02:19 pm, Niki Guldbrand wrote:
> Hi Ralph.
>
> This is copied directly from the dhcpcd man page:
>
>        -t <timeout>
>               Specifies (in seconds ) for how long dhcpcd will try to
> get an IP  address.  The  default  is 60 seconds. dhcpcd will not fork
> into background until it gets a valid IP address in  which case dhcpcd
> will return 0 to the parent process. In a case dhcpcd times out before
> receiving a valid IP address from  DHCP  server dhcpcd will return exit
> code 1 to the parent process.
>
> And you can specify the -t option for the network by starting "lnet",
> then choosing the interface you have dhcp on, then "Configure" and
> continue with your configration until you reach the dhcp part, select
> your dhcp client, after that you can specify which dhcp client arguments
> you want to use, then you just have to finish your configuration, and
> then exit lnet, and it should be ready for your next reboot.
>
>
> Niki
>
> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 19:03, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > How can I reduce the amount of time dhcpcd searches for an IP address, so
> > that when I boot my laptop without a network connection it won't sit for
> > so long before contenuing?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Ralph
> >
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