New DHCP client in development..

[Jonathan Jesse]

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Subject: New DHCP client in development..


>From a user perspective this sounds like a great idea..

"According to Rompf, current DHCP clients on Linux do not recognize
temporary disconnections. Such disconnections are common for notebook
users that travel between different networks or that roam different
hotspots and WLANs.

Rompf argues that the disconnection is not necessarily a limitation of
the current 2.6 Linux kernel, as the kernel itself will notify
userspace of a disconnection/reconnection event.

However, a feature that is expected to debut in the 2.6.17 Linux
kernel will make it even easier to deal with
disconnection/reconnection events. The most current Linux kernel
release is 2.6.15 with 2.6.16 currently at the release candidate 4
stage.

Rompf said the 2.6.17 kernel will allow userspace to influence
connection event signaling, so that a DHCP client could be notified
that a connection has terminated and the client should attempt to
obtain a new IP address. "

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3586801


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Late follow up but this would be awesome to have.  one of the downsides for
a Linux laptop for me is that i'm always moving subnets at work and get sick
of sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0 to get a new address.  I would vote
for this in as soon as possible :)