Andrew Shadura wrote: > Harald Dunkel wrote: > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet6 dhcp > > Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but why do you add this line to > your interfaces file if you don't have a DHCPv6 server?
Perhaps it is a mobile (or semi-mobile) device? That has always been valid for IPv4 inet devices. Things would pause for a few seconds (seems like 60 seconds?) but then timeout "no persistent leases, sleeping" and dhclient would continue retrying in the background while the boot continued. I just tested that inet (not inet6) configuration again. Is that not valid for IPv6 inet6 devices? However if "auto" is changed to "allow-hotplug" then the setup is event driven. In that case the boot will proceed regardless of network connection at boot. The dhclient will continue to retry at the default five minute interval. If the network device is not required for system operation then "allow-hotplug" is probably the better configuration over "auto" which is boot time synchronous. Bob
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