On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook <jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Currently my pc is a laptop. I don't use a wireless interface. I > connect to the Internet via cable broadband with a wired Ethernet > connection and DHCP... This id very reliable. I can usually disconnect > the laptop from the Ethernet cable and bring it into the livingroom > for various offline use. Then when I bring it back to my desk, all I > usually have to to is plug the Ethernet cable back in and wait a few > seconds and the Internet will start to work again. > > BUT that is contingent on the Ethernet cable having been connected > during boot up. So if for example I were to boot up my laptop in the > livingroom where there isn't an Ethernet connection the boot process > will delay at the point where it's screen message says its starting > the network. Then it says it failed and continues setting everything > else up. > > At this point, if I bring the laptop back to the desk, and plug in the > Ethernet cable, it doesn't automatically connect. I tried: > > # ifconfig eth0 up > > but ping still doesn't find my ISP > > What am I missing???? Your dhcp process didn't start either, so you need to start one of those. Something as simple as `dhcpcd -i eth0` might work. -Dan
