DHCP client configuration

[fjleal]

When I boot my laptop and I'm not connected to any network the "starting network" phase takes a looong time. I guess this is due to the DHCP client trying to find a server, and it only gives up when a timeout occurs. My question is: where do I configure that timeout such that I can make it shorter?

According to man, there should be a /etc/dhclient.conf file, but such file doesn't exist.

[Jman]

I think it just uses the defaults without the config file. Make the /etc/dhclient.conf file and add a

timeout time

entry. Maybe 10 for 10 seconds? The default is 60.

[fjleal]

Thanks Jman. I did. Now let's see if it works...