On 2007-07-01 15:57:23 -0400, Celejar wrote: > I use dhclient (I know you said in a different message in this thread > that you don't like it), which by default does a bunch of > DHCPDISCOVERS, and if they all fail, it then goes to sleep (for 5 > minutes by default), and then begins the process again when it wakes > up. This behavior seems to be exactly what you need; unfortunately, I > don't know anything about pump.
The problem with dhclient is that it disconfigures the loopback interface under some conditions. A bug is still open after 7 years! http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=65718 Users reported other problems, but perhaps they have been fixed now (I switched from dhclient to pump 3 years ago). Also I need to control whether a DHCP client is running or not, because on another machine (a laptop) I use netenv and DHCP is not used on some networks (BTW, I've already have a "killall pump" in my netenv scripts on this laptop, and I could probably do the same thing with dhclient). -- 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]