In Feisty, the DHCP timeout has been lowered to 30 seconds, which is a good balance between working with slow DHCP servers and not getting too annoyed.
Also, if you have a non-permanent internet connection, then you should just use network manager and use the Gnome network tool to disable the static configuration. I consider this not a problem any more. Please shout out if I misunderstood and you still think that something needs to be changed. Thank you! ** Changed in: dhcp3 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Network startup stalls boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/9138 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs