Re: [gentoo-user] Machine running before modem turned on - Network weirdness

2016-07-27 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 26 Jul 2016 21:24:12 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/07/2016 18:53, Andrew Lowe wrote: > > On 27/07/16 00:10, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 26/07/2016 18:01, Andrew Lowe wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem > >>> > >>> turned o

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine running before modem turned on - Network weirdness

2016-07-26 Thread R0b0t1
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Anyone got any idea as to what has changed? What should I be looking > for to fiddle to get my preferred behaviour, modem/machine startup in any > order and I'll get an IP address. Is there a dchp "polling time" or > something similar

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine running before modem turned on - Network weirdness

2016-07-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/07/2016 18:53, Andrew Lowe wrote: On 27/07/16 00:10, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 26/07/2016 18:01, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem turned on before the computer otherwise, I wouldn't get an IP address. Then something changed. One d

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine running before modem turned on - Network weirdness

2016-07-26 Thread Andrew Lowe
On 27/07/16 00:10, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 26/07/2016 18:01, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem turned on before the computer otherwise, I wouldn't get an IP address. Then something changed. One day I forgot to turn on the modem first. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine running before modem turned on - Network weirdness

2016-07-26 Thread Artur Zych
W dniu 2016-07-26 18:01, Andrew Lowe pisze: Hi all, I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem turned on before the computer otherwise, I wouldn't get an IP address. Then something changed. One day I forgot to turn on the modem first. I turned the machine on then realis

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine running before modem turned on - Network weirdness

2016-07-26 Thread Artur Zych
W dniu 2016-07-26 18:01, Andrew Lowe pisze: Hi all, I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem turned on before the computer otherwise, I wouldn't get an IP address. Then something changed. One day I forgot to turn on the modem first. I turned the machine on then realis

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine running before modem turned on - Network weirdness

2016-07-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/07/2016 18:01, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem > turned on before the computer otherwise, I wouldn't get an IP address. > Then something changed. One day I forgot to turn on the modem first. I > turned the machine on then reali

[gentoo-user] Machine running before modem turned on - Network weirdness

2016-07-26 Thread Andrew Lowe
Hi all, I can remember in the distant past that I had to have my modem turned on before the computer otherwise, I wouldn't get an IP address. Then something changed. One day I forgot to turn on the modem first. I turned the machine on then realised the modem wasn't on, I turned it, the modem,