Re: Re-requesting DHCP lease on media change

2006-06-22 Thread Henning Brauer
* Matthew R. Dempsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-20 16:50]: Is it possible to configure dhclient(8) to automatically re-request a DHCP lease on media changes (e.g., plugging in a new ethernet cable, associating with a new wireless access point, trunk(4) switching between interfaces)? If

Re-requesting DHCP lease on media change

2006-06-20 Thread Matthew R. Dempsky
Is it possible to configure dhclient(8) to automatically re-request a DHCP lease on media changes (e.g., plugging in a new ethernet cable, associating with a new wireless access point, trunk(4) switching between interfaces)? If not, does anyone else think this a worthwhile feature to add?

Re: Re-requesting DHCP lease on media change

2006-06-20 Thread Nick Guenther
On 6/20/06, Matthew R. Dempsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to configure dhclient(8) to automatically re-request a DHCP lease on media changes (e.g., plugging in a new ethernet cable, associating with a new wireless access point, trunk(4) switching between interfaces)? If not, does

Re: Re-requesting DHCP lease on media change

2006-06-20 Thread Matthew R. Dempsky
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:36:06AM -0400, Nick Guenther wrote: I think hotplugd(8) might help here. The manpage says: 3 network interface so you should be able to just write a one-liner to do it. I'm not sure hotplug is useful here. hotplug(4) says the only events signaled are device

Re: Re-requesting DHCP lease on media change

2006-06-20 Thread Nick Guenther
On 6/20/06, Matthew R. Dempsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:36:06AM -0400, Nick Guenther wrote: I think hotplugd(8) might help here. The manpage says: 3 network interface so you should be able to just write a one-liner to do it. I'm not sure hotplug is useful here.