dhclient behavior

[Jeff Sadowski]

ok instead of hacking the hell out of the dhclient connecttion scripts maybe someone knows how to do what I want done with less trouble.

I don't want dhclient to bring down the interface and bring it back up.

I noticed dhclient will first bring the interface down and then bring it back up before
trying to aquire an address.

This is really irritating in 2 circumstances.

When I'm plugged into a switch that is a gig It takes time for the switch to auto negotiate back to a gig.

It is also irritating when I am connected to a wpa wireless network where it takes a while for the layer 2 to negotiate.

So it is irritating anytime I have a layer 2 that takes time to negotiate.

I think I could stop this behavior but Is there an easy way before I dive into the scripts?

Thanks.