Am Freitag 17 Februar 2006 20:39 schrieb Simon Barber: > In 802.11 networks when connecting to a new AP on the same networks > (same SSID & security settings) you typically don't have to do DHCP > again - but with some networks setups you do. In order to detect this, > when connecting to a new AP always issue an ARP request for the default > gateway - if you don't get a response, then kick off a dhcp request.
good idea, I'll revisit this after if have ARP probing implemented. Right now, my client goes to INIT_REBOOT and tries to verify the address for four seconds without giving up IP configuration. This puts more load onto the DHCP server, but should lead to the same result. Stefan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
