New feature: zeroconf networking by default, please test

[Mikael Eriksson]

On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 12:28:55PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Mikael Eriksson [2006-12-14  2:42 +0100]:
> > Will dhclient continue to run after a link-layer address is set?
> > This would be nice since my ISP's dhcp server is sometimes very slow at
> > responding.
> 
> Depends. If you use network-manager, then dhcdbd will call dhclient in
> one-shot mode (with option -1), and it will not automatically
> reattempt a DHCP request.

I use network-manager since i use different wifi networks alot.
Guess I'll have to manually retry dhcp each time it fails.
 
> If you use ifupdown (i. e. configure your device in
> /etc/network/interfaces, and it is automatically brought up at boot
> time), then dhclient keeps running and should wake up from time to
> time to reattempt DHCP. I haven't tested this yet, though.
> 
> Martin
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