How to set up static IP in 12.04 and avoid these start-up delays?

[Tom H]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 10:23:17AM -0400, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> Before you follow Marius' debug suggestion (which is good), I'd
>> correct the "broadcast" line "/etc/network/interfaces" (or delete it
>> and the "network" line), comment out the eth1-related lines, and check
>> whether the pause in your boot sequence's still there. If it still is,
>> add debug lines to all the "/etc/network/ifup.d/" scripts and...
>
> ... of course! Silly me, that bit at the end of /etc/network/interfaces
> was the culprit:-
>
> # The USB network interface
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
>
> It's trying to use DHCP to configure eth1 and that causes the delay.
> Commenting it out has fixed the problem, I don't currently have a USB to
> ethernet dongle plugged in anyway.
>
> Thanks for all the help everyone.

:)