Pause during boot at eth0
During my machine bootup for Linux, it reaches a point where it is detecting the network settings using DHCP for eth0, and it pauses for what seems like 10 seconds or so. How can I reduce this pause?
I have a combo router/DSL modem attached to the ethernet port on my NFORCE2 motherboard. Everything works fine, just wondering how to speed up the boot time. |
Mine does the same thing. I think its normal. It's just detecting the network.
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It may take that much time negotiate an IP address from your router which is acting as a DHCP server. It may speed things up if you configure your PC with a static IP address.
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I took your advice.
Here's what I did. I go onto the router by entering its IP into my browser address bar http://192.168.1.254 and accessed the control panel. Then I turned off DHCP. I then found IP passthrough, and I enabled "user configured pc" I then went into the Mandrake control center and accessed networking, and I turned off DHCP there. I chose an IP address for my pc 192.168.1.## I used this as subnet mask 255.255.255.0 (standard for most PC's I think) and for a DNS server I used the modem address 192.168.1.254 And I rebooted. eth0 detection took about 2 secs instead of fifteen seconds, and networking worked like a charm. Strangely enough, I had a more difficult time configuring my Windows XP to operate using the fixed IP - the jargon in the M$ dialog windows is annoyingly inaccurate and so user friendly that someone with actual knowledge has trouble navigating. But I did it ok, restarted, and everyone can access the net and both operating systems boot more quickly. Thanks!!! |
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