Floris Bos <b...@je-eigen-domein.nl> writes: > I think the arping applet should be enabled in the Busybox build. > It helps a great deal in debugging general network issues and could be > helpful to create a solution for some other bugs like: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=537271 (network may not be > usable as soon as link is up) > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606515 (Preseed installation > does not wait for network to be ready)
Hi, Please read http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ#Q.3AWhyispingnotavailableinthedebugshell Roughly the same applies to arping. After all, you can cat /proc/net/arp to check whether the gateway has a complete entry. -- Cheers, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org