betty Snoop wrote: > Out of the box Debian 4.0 installation. > > /etc/network/interfaces > ------------------------------ > - > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > ------------------------------- > > Unplugging my network cable I get the following output: > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link down > > Plugging it in again recognized that it's connected in, but the IP will > not renew. On reboot it always renews the IP correctly. > > Why does it not renew the IP automatically? Should I be using something > other than "allow-hotplug"? Maybe auto eth0?
Maybe your router is forgetting IPs? Mine does and I just put a cron.hourly with a dhclient eth0... Regards, Jose Luis. -- ghostbar on debian linux 'sid' 2.6.22 x86_64-SMP - #382503 Weblog: http://ghostbar.ath.cx/ - http://linuxtachira.org http://debian.org.ve - irc.debian.org #debian-ve #debian-devel-es San Cristóbal, Venezuela. http://chaslug.org.ve Fingerprint = 3E7D 4267 AFD5 2407 2A37 20AC 38A0 AD5B CACA B118
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