Re: DHCP client with minimal functionality and size

["Zafer Aydogan" <zafer%aydogan.de@localhost>]

2008/4/2, Steven M. Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>:
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:40:27 +0200
>  "Zafer Aydogan" <zafer%aydogan.de@localhost> wrote:
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>  > I would like to see it in tree and replace dhclient, because of
>  > dhclient's inability to request an IP in background. For example, if
>  > you plug in your ethernet cable after you have booted.
>  >
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> Sure it handles that; it just doesn't wake up immediately.  See the
>  'retry' parameter in dhclient.conf(5).
retry doesn't work at all.
It is set by default to 5 minutes, but somehow it happens nothing
after 5 minutes.

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>                 --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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