dhcpcd trys to get ip of nonconnected NIC?

Archer36 · 03-06-2006, 11:59 AM

Well gusy I love my slack install and it works great when connected to my ethernet while at home. However whenever I am not connected and try to boot DHCPCD echos the ip of my ethernet NIC and I think it is trying to get a IP from a dhcp server.

Is there anyway to tell it not to start unless eth0 is connected?

Thanks

Alien_Hominid · 03-06-2006, 01:35 PM

edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and look at /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd.exe (that's a shell script)

supervince · 03-06-2006, 01:36 PM

If this is a problem often, just set your NIC to use a static IP, and then you could write a script run by rc.local to bring your nic up, check it's media state, and then dhcp.

Or if it's not being used as a server, just run the dhcpcd yourself when you log in.

cwwilson721 · 03-06-2006, 04:02 PM

I had the same problem. Look at my post here, and the solution was here.

You'll have to download/install/set executable on a few things, but it works GREAT!

Archer36 · 03-06-2006, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwwilson721

I had the same problem. Look at my post here, and the solution was here.

You'll have to download/install/set executable on a few things, but it works GREAT!

Great I installed the scripts and it seems to be working great, now do I have to edit anything in ifplugd.sh or the other .sh?

What I did was make backup of the rc.inet1, rc.inet1.conf, rc.wireless, and rc.wireless.conf then placed them in a folder. Next I downloaded the new rc scripts installed them. Next I uncommented SCRIPT[0] for iface eth0 and added the SCRIPT[1]line for eth1. Finally did chmod a+x for the new rc files and .sh files.

Does that sound like I did it right?

cwwilson721 · 03-06-2006, 07:09 PM

Yep

Reboot and see if it works. If not, edit rc.inet1.conf and rc.wireless.conf files