On 26/07/2016 18:01, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem > turned on before the computer otherwise, I wouldn't get an IP address. > Then something changed. One day I forgot to turn on the modem first. I > turned the machine on then realised the modem wasn't on, I turned it, > the modem, on and prepared to reboot the machine only to see an IP > address appear. > > It appeared that dhcp was now periodically attempting to get an > address whereas in the past, if on boot it didn't find one, that was it, > it just gave up. It appears that my machine has now, for some reason > reverted to "the olden days" of IP address allocation. No modem at boot, > no IP address. Reboot the machine, with the modem continuing to run, and > I get an IP address. When I have no IP address, I can run "dhcpcd > restart" and I'll get one. > > Anyone got any idea as to what has changed? What should I be looking > for to fiddle to get my preferred behaviour, modem/machine startup in > any order and I'll get an IP address. Is there a dchp "polling time" or > something similar that I need to set to get this running nicely again? > > Thoughts greatly appreciated, > Andrew >
There's no single global default, that is set is whatever dhcp client you are using. Which one is it? -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
