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authorMoritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>2016-02-09 11:16:52 -0800
committerMoritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>2016-02-09 11:16:52 -0800
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docs: Added paragraph on dhcp timeout for e3xx
Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>
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@@ -655,6 +655,20 @@ iface eth0 inet dhcp
hostname your-hostname
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Note: In rare occasions it might be necessary to increase the timeout value
+for the dhcp client running on the device in order for autoconfiguration
+to succeed.
+
+In order to increase the timeout to e.g. 40 seconds edit:
+
+ /etc/network/interfaces
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+auto eth0
+iface eth0 inet dhcp
+ hostname your-hostname
+ udhcpc_opts -t 40
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\subsection e3xx_network_static Static IP