> I wonder if my similar problem is related to what you report here: I am using > dhcpcd and ifplug with my ADSL router, which acts as the dhcp server on my > LAN. For some reason ifplug does not always manage to get an IP address from > the router and I end up with an APIPA address. /etc/init.d/net.eth0 > stop/start gets it going again. This problem only occurs if I disconnect and > then reconnect the ethernet cable. No such problem exists when I boot the > machine with the cable already connected to the NIC. I haven't changed > timeouts or anything else from the dhcpcd defaults. I have always attributed > this problem to a somewhat slow dhcp server on the router.
It is similar, with a difference that /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart doesn't help. I tried enlarging timeout but with no help. > > As a note: WinXP machines do not have any such problem. Even though they may > end up with a APIPA address, they will in minute or so drop it and acquire a > 10.10.10.XXX domain address from the router. dhcpcpd does not seem to have > this flexibility. I noticed that in most cases after I boot to windows, when I reboot back to linux I can't connect. When I reboot back to windows, net is up. When it fails I noticed that it send DHCP requests, but doesn't get a response. I tried dhclient, dhcpd and pump, and the results are allways the same. It happens in the evenings, when internet traffic is high. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
