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Old 08-27-2012, 03:23 AM   #1
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How to Cut DHCPDiscover


DHCPDiscover is endless and wasting my time after I type dhclient.

How do I stop it halfway???
 
Old 08-28-2012, 02:05 PM   #2
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It isn't evident from your post exactly what you are trying to accomplish but if you are not specifying a network interface i.e eth0 as a command line option dhclient will attempt to identify and configure all interfaces. The timeout default value I believe is 60 seconds so if you have more then one network adapter or one that is not connected it might take several minutes for the command to run.
 
Old 09-02-2012, 05:01 AM   #3
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In that case is there a short cut key to abort it?
 
Old 09-02-2012, 06:23 AM   #4
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Hi

try Ctrl+c
 
Old 09-02-2012, 08:09 AM   #5
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Are you specifying an interface when runing dhclient?
i.e dhclient eth0
 
Old 09-02-2012, 09:15 AM   #6
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I specified wireless interface. unfortunately there are many wireless connections around in the city
 
Old 09-02-2012, 09:30 AM   #7
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Why are you using terminal to connect wireless and not a network manager?

What are the complete comands you have used to connect wireless?
 
Old 01-06-2013, 08:34 AM   #8
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Yes.

dhclient wlan0.

I am not using a wireless manager
 
  


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