On a machine in a local network, I have in my /etc/network/interfaces file:
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp But after a power outage, my machine sometimes restarts while the network isn't available yet. In this case, I can no longer ssh to it. And I can't reboot it remotely. How can I make pump (the DHCP client I'm using) to try again periodically? I think I can write a script that tests if pump is running (with the "ps" command) and can run this script by cron. But is there a better way? Note: When I'm in front of the machine, I still want to be able to use it when the network is not available (to do some local work, while waiting for the network to come back). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]