During bootup I eventually get to a series of messages stating that DHCP is being searched.
ex...

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval X

Sometimes I boot without an internet connection, however this step seems to keep repeating hoping for a connection. A couple minutes pass before it gives up.

How can I bypass this step for the times that I don't need a connection? I want it to do the search only when I am connected via ethernet.

thanks

Welcome to antiX

To answer your question use the
mean
cheatcode at the grub menu.

Once in X, open a terminal, su to root and type
dhclient

Yes, it works. However, it would be still nice to have network on (I am on DHCP) immediately after booting without opening the root terminal etc.

It is a small thing, but it works without problem in most other distors I tried before (perhaps except Puppy where I had to configre the network with a few clicks).

Is it possible to write a bash script that automates typing dhclient and have it execute after boot under root privileges?

.ee

It is a pain in the neck for some users, but not for all. There must be some problem with dhcp. You could try re-installing it again, see this thread.


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r3bol,

That would be nice, I don't know how to though, maybe someone else will.

r3bol wrote:Is it possible to write a bash script that automates typing dhclient and have it execute after boot under root privileges?

What happens if you add the appropriate command, e.g. dhcpclient &, to /etc/rc.local and reboot the whole system ...?

seems to work! __{{emoticon}}__
...except the command is dhclient &

r3bol wrote: except the command is

Hey, I'm only guessing - DHCP is one of the daemons I kill on sight __{{emoticon}}__