Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:18:15 +0200 From: Marcin Dalecki <mdcki@gmx.net> To: Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch> Cc: imp@imp.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] dhclient active interface detection patch Message-ID: <3EA3D377.2080500@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20030418132152.X6156@cvs.imp.ch> References: <20030418132152.X6156@cvs.imp.ch>
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Martin Blapp wrote: > Hi all, > > Already promised a few times, now I have done it :) > > Many of you may have a laptop and already had it a few times > happen that the new IP didn't got set automatically. So you > had to kill dhclient and restart it again. > > I've added code to dhclient to exactly fix this issue. Now dhclient > behaves now like the win2000 dhcp-client. > > It polls the interface status of the selected interfaces and > sends only requests if the link is there. It cancels all outstanding > requests if the link goes away. The polling is currently hardcoded > and done all 5 seconds. Of course I can change that later and make a > option. Tested on 5.0-current - works as expected. I would consider this options *vital* and would be glad to see it committed it to CURRENT better sooner then later. Thanks!
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