>> 1. When using the Broadcom NetXtreme 1000 Card (I Think that's it)
the 
>> DHCP on udhcpc is still too fast if you plug the machine into a fast 
>> port (100/1000).  Can we adjust the script to either try DHCP after a

>> 5 second wait, maybe in a loop?  or increase that sanity time before 
>> attempting dhcp.  I know it's a bit already.
>
>So DHCP itself fails?  Sure, we can put in in a loop.  Actually, that 
>would allow us to completely eliminate the initial 5-second pause for 
>systems which do not need it.
>
>I really wish I knew exactly what we were waiting for, exactly.  
>I hate random delays.

Is it possible the delay is for spanning-tree calculations?  If the
swtich port the machine is hooked up to allows something like Cisco's
"portfast" directive perhaps the delay wouldn't be necessary?

Scott Frazer
Systems Administrator
Musictoday.com




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