Hello, well I should provide information on the laptop model where I seen the behavior that /etc/init.d/ifplugd did not wait until network configuration was completed.
Its an IBM ThinkPad R51 with the following network card (lspci output): 0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) (rev 03) I tried it here 3 times in a row with an Acer Travelmate 240 and was not able to reproduce that behaviour. On that laptop /etc/init.d/ifplugd always waited until network interface configuration was complete. Well and the IBM ThinkPad R51 now was tested in a different network. Also an Sony Vaio was tested there and showed the same behaviour that /etc/init.d/ifplugd did not wait until network configuration has finished. I can get the hardware details on this one, too. I will be in holiday next week, so I won't answer any e-mails during that time. Regards, -- Martin Steigerwald Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systemadministrator Fon: +49 (0)911 30999-0 team(ix) GmbH Fax: +49 (0)911 30999-99 Süd-West-Park 35, 90449 Nürnberg, Deutschland