[Voyage-linux] bringing an interface up when it becomes available

[Jeff Ramin]

Yeah, I think removing pump has wrecked things. I'm re-installing...


On 02/11/2011 05:37 AM, Olivier Lacelle wrote:
> I never encountered this. I usually don't remove pump before installing
> dhcp3-client, it works fine for me that way.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Ramin [mailto:jeff.ramin at singlewire.com]
> Sent: February 10, 2011 4:44 PM
> To: Olivier Lacelle
> Cc: 'voyage-linux'
> Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] bringing an interface up when it becomes
> available
>
>
> I'm willing to give dhcp3-client a try...could somebody please tell me
> what packages
> I need to remove and install? Thus far, I removed the pump package and
> installed
> the dhcp3-client package.
>
> Now, /etc/init.d/networking fails; complains that /dev/shm/network
> doesn't exist.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On 02/10/2011 11:10 AM, Olivier Lacelle wrote:
>> I went through this recently and ended up installing the dhcp3-client
>> package which does a better job at that than pump.
>> I had also tried the ifplugd package which also helps, but I stuck with
>> dhcp3-client in the end.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: voyage-linux-bounces+olacelle=isynergy.com at list.voyage.hk
>> [mailto:voyage-linux-bounces+olacelle=isynergy.com at list.voyage.hk] On
> Behalf
>> Of Jeff Ramin
>> Sent: February 10, 2011 11:45 AM
>> To: voyage-linux
>> Subject: [Voyage-linux] bringing an interface up when it becomes available
>>
>>
>> Is there a way to configure voyage such that an interface is automatically
>> brought up when the link state changes? For example, let's say the machine
>> boots but doesn't have a physical connection to the network. After boot,
>> an ethernet cable is connected.
>>
>> How would I set things up so that the interface is brought up and
> configured
>> (or dhcp/pump run) without user interaction?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>


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