From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 10 5:30: 8 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D4B737B401 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 05:30:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust47.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2C143F18 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 05:30:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.12) id 18WzER-0002jv-00; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:29:55 +0000 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:29:55 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Daniel O'Connor Cc: Dario Freni , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient in background? Message-ID: <20030110132955.GB6529@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Daniel O'Connor , Dario Freni , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20030110114622.6ac1264d.saturnero@freesbie.org> <1042202613.936.7.camel@chowder.dons.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1042202613.936.7.camel@chowder.dons.net.au> X-message-flag: All your linuxconf-configured redhat are belong to us. X-message-flag-attribution: suresh, sdm. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 11:13:34PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 21:16, Dario Freni wrote: > > Hi everybody. I'm a developer of the FreeSBIE project (just another > > FreeBSD-on-a-live-cd project). > > As default network configuration, we've reasonally chosen a dhcp > > configuration, which is great on a dhcp network, but ugly when it has to > > wait for timeout. > > I also had the same problem with my mobile-pc, when it's not attached to > > my LAN. > > We could modify rc.network by adding a & to the dhclient row, but we are > > looking for a more efficient way. > > Can an optional flag be added (configurable in rc.conf)? > > You could use the timeout option in dhclient.conf.. I tried to send this privately, but got a bounce: From man dhclient: The client can also be instructed to become a daemon imme- diately, rather than waiting until it has acquired an IP address. This can be done by supplying the -nw flag. Oh, this belongs on -questions, by the way. Ceri -- Demise before dishonor! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message