> how well does your laptop work with dhcp ? i tried with multiple dell > laptops (Xircom 10/100 pcmcia) and had major problems (with debian, > slackware and mandrake) trying to get an ip on boot..seems we > could get > one after the machine was warmed up for 5-10 mins but it never could > during boot(and yes dhcp was loaded after the pcmcia/ethernet stuff) > assigning an ip manually at boot worked fine ..
In my case (Dell Inspiron/Xircom Realport Ethernet and Modem card), inserting 'sleep 3' in /etc/init.d/dhcpcd before it starts the daemon does the trick. Looks like it takes a moment for the network to come up. Andreas