Router discovery fails on startup

Roger Grosswiler roger at gwch.net
Wed Apr 13 11:03:21 UTC 2005


> On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 09:20 +0200, Roger Grosswiler wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> router discovery (rdisc) fails on startup. It seems, that
>> /etc/sysconfig/rdisc is missing.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>
>      Hello Roger,
>
>      I have been having the same problem as well.  I have a mixed
> wireless-ethernet network and for some reason, when I start up my
> wireless laptop (an IBM ThinkPad T30), there is a problem with finding
> the router.  I can still connect to the internet but I have to do so
> manually each time I log in.   A minor inconvenience but an
> inconvenience nevertheless.
>
> Jeff
Jeff,

This is strange, as if i do /sbin/route i still get my default gateway. What EXACTLY is this router discovery for?
Ah, btw. perhaps it is working because i distribute ip-adresses via dhcp and i deliver a default gateway with. Gonna
test this evening with a fixed ip.

Roger




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