Re: [expert] dhcp acquisition order

[Robert Kulagowski]

> How do I get my machine to try to acquire an IP via DHCP *after* it's
> loaded the pcmcia stuff?  The way it is now, it will fail to get an IP
> every time on boot, as it's trying to get the IP before it's brought up
> the pcmcia stuff (and my nic is a pcmcia one; the 574).

If you've used linuxconf and set it up for DHCP, then you can manually
force it to retry DHCP by doing:

# ifup eth0

and if you want to release your address you could do a 

# ifdown eth0