[GLLUG] gentoo Question 1: dhcpcd

[Mike Simons]

lo is the loopback interface.  It should already be set to start on 
boot.  Its been like that with all my Gentoo systems at least.  If 
you're going to be moving this computer around a lot, and not always 
going to be near an access point, I would recommend just leaving the 
wireless to be started manually.  Dhcpcd takes quite a while to timeout 
when there is no connection, so this would speed up your boot time.   If 
this is a laptop, I may even suggest leaving net.eth0 to be started 
manually if there will be times that you will be without a connection 
when you boot.  It's how I have mine set up.

-Mike Simons


Brian Hoort wrote:

> At 11:55 AM 3/8/2005, you wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday 08 March 2005 10:39, after a long battle with technology,
>> Brian Hoort wrote:
>> > Every boot of my system, I have to log in as root and "# dhcpcd eth0"
>> > manually.  I figured I needed to "# rc-update dhcp" or something, but
>> > there is no /etc/init.d/dhcp*.
>>
>> There is an /etc/init.d/net.eth0 , isn't there?  "rc-update add net.eth0
>> default".
>
>
> Ah yes.  That took.  Thank You.
>
> After I get my wireless card working (this is proving more difficult) 
> I'll do the same for net.lo, no?  What is the "lo"?
>
>
>> > What do I need to do to make this automatic?  My /etc/conf.d/net is
>> > configured for dhcp.  There is a /etc/dhcpc directory, but it is
>> > empty.  I do not know what that is for.
>>
>> /etc/conf.d/net should have the following lines in it:
>>
>> iface_eth0="dhcp"
>
>
> I have that.
>
>> # writes DHCPCD messages to syslog, so if something goes wrong, you'll
>> # get some warning
>> dhcpcd_eth0="-d"
>
>
> Don't have that.  What is that?  That's not a commented out default, 
> either.
>
>
>> /etc/dhcpc/ contains something or other.  Looks like a couple of text
>> files describing the network settings that were obtained by dhcpcd.
>> Strangely, the last time these files were modified on my laptop was in
>> late 2003, though I've been using dhcpcd with my laptop for a very long
>> time.
>
>
> Well, then I would guess it's depreciated or something, 'cause there's 
> nothing at all in mine, and I'm on DHCP right now.  This system was 
> installed with 2004.2 I think.
>
> Thanks!
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