> > You can put "-t 5" in the dhcp options in /etc/conf.d/net. This sets > the timeout for dhcp to 5 seconds (you can adjust accordingly). > > However, I would love to see the gentoo network start scripts to be able > to detect link, and skip an interface if no link is found. I think they > may be working on that... >
Take a look at ifplugd. There's an ebuild for it, but I think there's a newer version here: http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/~lennart/projects/ifplugd/ -- Chris Bare [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list