On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 4:09 pm, Neil Stockbridge wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 23:05 +0000, Robert Fisher wrote: > > Thanks, your page led me to edit /etc/dhclient.conf > > and uncomment and change the timeout from 60 to a lower number. > > nice one. your dhclient.conf is in a different place to mine. which > distro is this on? if it's Debian or a derivative,
Yes it is Kanotix > is it because you > have a DHCP client package other than dhcp3-client? I do not know what DHCP client it uses - and the machine is not here at the moment. > > > Kanotix has a great tool for changing the addresses (or selecting DHCP) > > for each interface. > > ..but when we edit configuration files by hand, we can pretend we're one > of those elite hackers in the movies. Yes but my original question was - how do I change/shorten the time it tries to find an address from DHCP. Rob
