On 2010-02-18, wzab <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with wireless networking on my laptop (uses iwl3945 > wireless). > When dhclient3 is used to obtain IP address via DHCP, the connection is > unstable. Especially when I move my laptop to another location and switch > to another network, the IP is not obtained at all or connection is > established only for a very short time. > > I was able to fix it by uninstalling the dhcp3-client package. In this case > the dhcpcd is used for obtaining IP, which works flawlessly. > > Unfortunately dhcp3-client is suggested by different packages, so when I > update my system it often gets reinstalled unless I explicitly deselect it. > That's really tiring. > > Is there any way to assign dhcpcd higher priority than dhclient3 when my > system is going to obtain IP? >
The wicd package (an alternative to network-manager) can help you here. It allows the user to specify which DHCP client to favour. It is available in backports, squeeze and sid. -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
