On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 04:07:56PM +0100, Zafer Aydogan wrote:
> hello list,
> 
> does dhclient do no backgrounding ?
> I mean, if I turn on my computer (dhclient=yes) and forget to turn on
> my switch, which is connected to my router, who has a dhcp server, I
> do not get a lease when I turn it back on afterwards.
> 
> I thought, that dhclient would sit and wait until it notices the dhcp
> server is back up and then requests a lease so that I can get an IP
> Adresss, but nothing happens.
> 
> The dhclient process is still alive and the only way I know to
> workaround this is to pkill dhclient and restart dhclient.
> 
> Am I missing something ?

From what I remember dhclient finally gets an IP, but you have to wait several
minutes (10 to 15 maybe). But this was several releases ago ...

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