On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 11:32:01AM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Erez Boym wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a small problem with my Internet and NIC. I > > suppose it's a small thing but I cant find the answer > > to that. > > > > I have a Modem and a NIC on the same machine. As long > > as my NIC is set with a dynamic IP (Configured using > > netconfig) my Mozilla browser works perfectly, but my > > NIC, since I don�t have a NET yet (The NIC socket just > > hangs without a cord plugged in to it), is unable to > > go up on boot. Not a problem but since my NET is not > > there yet but trying to go up the NIC halts my boot > > for almost a minute before deciding that there is no > > NET and continue on with the boot process. > > > > So to avoid waiting on boot I have used netconfig > > again to install my NIC with an imaginary IP > > 118.118.0.0 and net mask 255.255.0.0 > > This reminds me of the false microsoft dhcp addresses under 169. > > If the interface is down it should get no address: this confuses > applications! > > If you don't want the interface automatically up (because it gets in the > way of booting), it shouldn't be. You have the lo interface. It should be > enough.
If the only problem is that it bothers you to wait 1 minute, add to /etc/sysconfig/network this: DHCPCDARGS="-t 5" (for a 5 seconds delay in case of no dhcp server). > > Alternatively: start and stop it with a separate init script and give it > its proper place in the init scripts. The commands are 'ifup' and > 'ifdown'. They do their own accounting. > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir > > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send >mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
