Package: busybox-udeb Version: 1.10.2-2 I think the arping applet should be enabled in the Busybox build. It helps a great deal in debugging general network issues and could be helpful to create a solution for some other bugs like:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=537271 (network may not be usable as soon as link is up) http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606515 (Preseed installation does not wait for network to be ready) Yours sincerely, Floris Bos
--- busybox-1.10.2/debian/config/config.udeb.orig 2010-12-10 16:13:59.000000000 +0100 +++ busybox-1.10.2/debian/config/config.udeb 2010-12-10 16:14:28.000000000 +0100 @@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ # CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_IPV4_ADDRESS is not set # CONFIG_VERBOSE_RESOLUTION_ERRORS is not set # CONFIG_ARP is not set -# CONFIG_ARPING is not set +CONFIG_ARPING=y # CONFIG_BRCTL is not set # CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_FANCY is not set # CONFIG_DNSD is not set