Package: netcfg Severity: wishlist >From http://bugs.debian.org/454493
> > > We already have the test for the link (although I'm not sure that it > > > works in all cases). Any ideas on how to test for a dhcp server in > > > netcfg? > > > > > > Maybe using something like dhcping on all NICs where a link is > > > detected? > > > > It could just run dhclient on all NICs in parallel and take the winner. > > Hmm. Doesn't dhclient do that anyway if you call it without a specific > interface name? We would indeed have to identify the winner for correct > creation of /etc/interfaces. When a computer has more then two network interface cards, it is very likely that static[1] configuration is wanted. It would be nice if netcfg offers to do static network configuration when it sees a thrid NIC. Interresting side-effect will be that it avoids DHCP on n NICS. ( n could be twenty ) > It would however mean either moving dhclient from netcfg to ethdetect or > moving interface selection (for the static configuration case) from > ethdetect to netcfg. That will lock-out static configuration. Cheers Geert Stappers [1] static in the meaning of "non DHCP" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]