Limiting DHCPDISCOVER on boot

1madstork · 02-23-2005, 08:10 AM

During boot, my box uses DHCPDISCOVER to pull an IP address. If it doesn't find one it does DHCPDISCOVER about 5 or 6 times, each time lasting up to 20 seconds. This slows down my boot time when I don't have a wireless signal around.
Is there a way that I can limit it to only run once for about 10 seconds or so?
Thanks

dastrike · 02-23-2005, 10:01 AM

See man dhclient.conf and the file /etc/dhclient.conf

This in the /etc/dhclient.conf file should help (as the default timeout is 60 seconds):

Code:

timeout 10;

johnMG · 02-28-2005, 11:03 AM

Thanks dastrike -- helped me out too.

OsirisX · 02-28-2005, 03:52 PM

i also have that problem. i am having a problem finding where the edit is. am i suppose to edit at this file
/etc/
vim dhclient.conf?
or is that just an example

dastrike · 02-28-2005, 04:11 PM

the file is located as /etc/dhclient.conf

To edit that file with vim, execute

Code:

vim /etc/dhclient.conf

There is a lot of commented-away examples in there already.

1madstork · 02-28-2005, 10:31 PM

Thanks bud. That's helped tremendously.

gunnix · 03-01-2005, 08:16 AM

You can also press CTRL+C to abort the DHCP script. But then you ofcourse have to be at the computer during boot.

OsirisX · 03-01-2005, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Distribution: You can also press CTRL+C to abort the DHCP script. But then you ofcourse have to be at the computer during boot.

does that command CTRL+C work with anything that you want to abort in the boot or just the DHCP script?

Not that i know of anything else i would want to abort but i was just wondering if it was a universal command