On 11/02/15 10:38, thegeezer wrote: > i vaguely recall that openrc started it's own version of dhcp client
yes it did [3] http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_management_using_DHCPCD/OpenRC_message [4] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/linux.gentoo.dev/D_sFyfaQl2Y > not > requiring dhcpcd, but this is not what the handbook [2] says > > the easy way forward i guess is to just add dhcpcd to default runlevel > on the desktop > # rc-update add dhcpcd default > > the confusing bits are that gentoo can use hotplug detection from udev > to start/stop interfaces for you magically > also netplug/ifplug will detect carrier changes and start/stop magically > what would be useful is if you could dump us from desktop and netbook > # rc-status > > [1] http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_management_using_DHCPCD > [2] > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Complete_Handbook/Configuring_the_system#Manging_network_with_Gentoo_net..2A_scripts >
