On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Erez Boym wrote: > Hi, > > I have a small problem with my Internet and NIC. I > suppose it's a small thing but I cant find the answer > to that. > > I have a Modem and a NIC on the same machine. As long > as my NIC is set with a dynamic IP (Configured using > netconfig) my Mozilla browser works perfectly, but my > NIC, since I don’t have a NET yet (The NIC socket just > hangs without a cord plugged in to it), is unable to > go up on boot. Not a problem but since my NET is not > there yet but trying to go up the NIC halts my boot > for almost a minute before deciding that there is no > NET and continue on with the boot process. > > So to avoid waiting on boot I have used netconfig > again to install my NIC with an imaginary IP > 118.118.0.0 and net mask 255.255.0.0
This reminds me of the false microsoft dhcp addresses under 169. If the interface is down it should get no address: this confuses applications! If you don't want the interface automatically up (because it gets in the way of booting), it shouldn't be. You have the lo interface. It should be enough. Alternatively: start and stop it with a separate init script and give it its proper place in the init scripts. The commands are 'ifup' and 'ifdown'. They do their own accounting. -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
