Look in the /etc/conf.d/net.example file (assuming your using a more recent baselayout) - theres a fallback address (fallback_eth0 iirc) to which you can set an IP or say 'apipa' to get an IP in the 169 range like Windows does when it can't find one.
HTH -- Tim Igoe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tim.igoe.me.uk - Personal Site http://tv.igoe.me.uk - UK TV Guide
Quoting Michal Kurgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hello all Gentooists! I want to know if it's possible to configure network in that way that if dhcp fails it will use a static IP, written by me in config file. I only want that service will start succesfully if dhcp server is dead, so dependent services will start too (like Apache), because i need them to run always on localhost. -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
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