I've read (somewhere) that ISC DHCP doesn't work well beyond a class C subnet. We run a series of class C networks (as opposed to something larger) and have had no issues.
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]> wrote: > I am running the latest raspbian as of Sept 6 plus full apt-get > dist-upgrade so I should be fully up to date. When I run this same Pi at > home it works perfectly, it has to do with the fact that the DHCP server at > the office takes loads of time to respond with a network configuration for > the Pi. I suspect this is because it is running on a full class B subnet > but I am not sure. > > Andy > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:47 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What distro are you using? I've played with 3 Raspberry Pi units running >> Raspian Wheezy, and they've all been rock-solid. >> >> Curt >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Evening everyone, >>> I am experiencing an interesting problem and thought I would reach out >>> for some help. I have a raspberry pi that I am using at the office to >>> drive a large monitor and display a dashboard. The problem I have is that >>> when it boots up it is not immediately receiving a DHCP response (or at >>> least not receiving the leased IP) very quickly;. Meanwhile, the boot >>> process continues on and loads X windows and chrome / chromium launching >>> full screen to a URL that is the basis for the dashboard. The problem is >>> that all this loads before the ethernet interface actually receives it's IP >>> address and initializes so chrome just reports "Cannot load this page". >>> Usually after several reboots it manages to time things correctly so the >>> dashboard displays. I have tried adding time to the process by sticking >>> sleep commands into the xinitrc script but not very successful. I have >>> tried adding pings to the xinitrc thinking that would "force" the interface >>> up but ping just fails immediately too. What I need is a command I can run >>> that will wait until the network interface is fully initialized and then >>> return allowing chrome to load and successfully reach the URL for the >>> Dashboard. >>> >>> I tried writing a simple perl script to loop until it receives a >>> successful response to ping, but it doesn't appear to execute during the >>> boot process. >>> >>> Any Suggestions? >>> >>> More as it happens... >>> >>> Andy Farnsworth >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
