Re: [gentoo-user] net.eth0 and net.eth1 choice + net.eth1 timeout

[Heinz Sporn <heinz.sporn@sporn-it.com>]

Am Freitag, den 17.02.2006, 09:29 +0100 schrieb Marco Calviani:
> Hi list,
>    i would like to share a problem that i'm encountering in dealing
> with two net interfaces. I've a "normal" ethernet device (eth0) and a
> wireless ipw2200 one (eth1).
> 
> 1) i would like to have, at boot, a situation in which first of all
> eth0 is started; if dhcp signal is found proceed with the
> initialization of eth0, while if dhcp is not found try to start eth1.
> 

Have you looked into sys-apps/ifplugd ?

> 2) as of now, at boot time i've only eth0; obviously if it's not
> connected via ethernet cable the dhcp goes in timeout and net
> initialization is failed. Then at the prompt i reissue
> /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start to start wireless connection. However, and
> here's the problem, the first time i digit this, eth1 goes in timeout
> too. Digiting another time the same command and everythig goes well.
> This situation is encountered everytime.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any hint,
> MC
> 

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