How do you do it? I'm running Slackware 11 on my laptop, and i'm not always plugged in to the net, thus it gets to the dhcpd and MAC address part and takes awhile before it goes on. Isn't there a way to just disable that from the bootup, so when I am plugged in I can just type dhcpd in my console?? Thanks fellas.

Look in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2.

look for USE_DHCP[0] in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf.

M.

Hi

I think it's dhcpcd

dhcpd = the DHCP SERVER

dhcpcd = the DHCP CLIENT

The configuration for dhcpcd is in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

Change

USE_DHCP[1]="yes"

to

USE_DHCP[1]=""

where 1 is your interface (e.g. eth1)

That turns off the DHCP client which means that you have to manually assign yourself an IP address or manually start dhcpcd from the console (that will also be the solution if you have to associate with a password encrypted AP and want to type that passwd manually)

Greetings.

another solution is to set the
DHCP_TIMEOUT[0]=
entry in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to 0.
if youre using a laptop you can try alien bobs ifplugged package to automatically start/stop network.
campher

Perhaps setting the DHCP_TIMEOUT to 5 or 10 would be better? This way it won't be necessary to constantly re-edit the inet1.conf file or manually call for DHCP, and he still won't have to wait the full 60-second default timeout when he's not networked.

normally you plug in before you press the power button. if not (this happens quite often to me) you can use the ifpluged package. the programm starts or stops the network automatically when you put in or remove the plug. so you dont need the delay at boot.
the only reason you have to edit the inet1.conf is when you are changing location.
im moving my laptop between a dhcp server at home and a static ip at work. each time im changing location i have to edit inet1.conf with a script but not when i plug in a cable hours after boot.
campher

Perfect. Thank you. Manually calling the dhcp client is what I wanted to do. Thanks for the help everyone.