On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 19:08 +0200, Jiri Benc wrote: > But is it really needed? Imagine the situation when computer is started > with unplugged ethernet cable which is plugged in later. I know, this is > rare, but - shouldn't be the right approach that DHCP is started by > hotplug when the carrier is detected?
Not necessarily started "by hotplug", but started by something like ifplugd or NetworkManager. And that class of programs is already responsible for things like choosing what AP to associate, so it's an extra degree of control for them, but not really a hastle for end users, who shouldn't have to run "ifconfig up" or anything else 99% of the time. You also don't want to "ifconfig down" when you're hopping from AP to AP with the same ESSID -- you generally want to tell it to reassociate with the other AP, but leave the connection up the entire time. -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
