[Voyage-linux] Does the DHCP client ever retry?

[Gustin Johnson]

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Solomon Asare wrote:
> Hi All, 1. I thought the interface coming up is when you are
> rebooting / starting / ifconfig ethx up / etc., and not when a cable
> is plugged into the ethernet.

It is, but if the network is not always ready at this stage, which is
what the OP was asking for help for.
> 
> 2. testing for the presence of an ip address or a default gateway may
> be a better test for a successful dhcp lease than reaching a host on
> the Internet. The failure could be due to reasons other than a failed
> dhcp lease. You could use something like: route -n |grep -c ^0.0.0.0 
> This should give you 1 if your default gateway is set, otherwise 0. A
> simple setup is envisaged here. You can modify it to meet your
> requirements.
> 
That is also a valid solution.  I had a slightly different problem to
solve.  The problem I had was with a WiMax connection, if we moved the
connection point the old IP address would not work, but since the
external link status never changed, the computer still assumed that the
original ip and routing information was valid.

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