On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 02:50:27PM -0600, betty Snoop wrote:
> -------------------------------
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> -------------------------------
> Plugging it in again recognized that it's connected in, but the IP will not
> renew.  On reboot it always renews the IP correctly.
> 
> Why does it not renew the IP automatically?  Should I be using something
> other than "allow-hotplug"?

I am not sure about whether it is needed, but do you have auto eth0
somewhere in your interfaces file? man interfaces seems to suggest
having that as well...

HTH.

Kumar
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Kumar Appaiah,
458, Jamuna Hostel,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai - 600 036


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