dhcpcd-discuss

Hi Jan

On 04/06/2020 09:28, Jan Pohanka wrote:
> I have embedded device that uses fallback static IP when DHCP server is not 
> available. This works as expected but I would like to know if there is any 
> mechanism how to handle situation when eg. after power loss DHCP server boots 
> slower that my device.
>
> I just faced this situation on one site and all devices had to be manually 
> rebooted. Of course I can prepare some cron script to renew the lease after some 
> period of time but maybe there already exists some cleaner solution?

There is currently no mechanism to poll for DHCP after setting a static IP in 
fallback profile.

Roy