Hi Is it somehow possible to enable a kind of hotplug with the debian interfaces system?
If i configure my eth0 device like: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp and i have no network cable pluged in while im starting my laptop then it tries to fetch an ip at startup and if there is no connection it tries very long till it gives up. Is there a config method that this process is completly backgrounded? The interface should always be activce and as soon as i plug a cable in it should gather an IP imediatly (like on Win2k). Second case: wireless card. If we have a pcmcia wireless card and plug it into a running system a new interface is created. Is there a method to let the debian interface system react on that? As soon as i plug in my wireless card it should set it up and gather an IP via dhcp. I cant just enter that device into the interfaces file because it does not exist while the card is not pluged in. cheers, Raffaele -- Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Annoyed about M$ Windows? Don't worry. Try Linux! (www.linux.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]