Then it boils down to what kind of init system that distribution uses.
Whatever init system it is, there can be a way to put the network init into
different init section, or make other services depending on it. Probably
you may have to adjust that, but it depends on the init system.

On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Chuck,
>   yes, if I switch to static IPs it works just fine and comes up
> immediately.  However, no static IPs are allowed on the network.  Also, if
> I attach a mouse and force Chrome to reload the page it works... it is
> strictly an issue of waiting until the system receives the DHCP response.
>
> Andy
>
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Chuck Payne <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Do you know your DHCP Range? What happens if you do let say
>>
>> ifconfig 10.0.1.25 netmask 255.255.0.0
>>
>> route add default gw 10.0.0.1
>>
>> Does that work? I know the ip I am using are your range, but if you know
>> your range, then maybe you can try to assign an ip. As far ISC DCHP, we use
>> at my office with no issues at all on a class b.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
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