[PATCH] udhcp: infinite retries
Steven Scholz
steven.scholz at imc-berlin.de
Tue Feb 6 05:44:47 PST 2007
Samuel,
>>> It may be useful (at least it is for us) to keep on sending DHCP request
>>> and renewals for ever until we actually get an answer. For that purpose
>>> udhcpc -t 0 could do the job.
>> I guess udhcpc -t 999999999 will be the same in practice.
>
> Almost, but not exactly.
> We have machines that can be powered up without being connected to any
> network for weeks. However, we need them to fetch an IP if they ever get
> plugged to some network.
Then maybe you want to use something like netplugd ot ifplugd ...
--
Steven
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