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Registered: 2008-01-14

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problem with new dhcpcd

there was once good silent dhcpcd. it worked fast (took it about a second to connect) and did not write anything to console

pikachu# dhcpcd eth0
pikachu#

now there is dhcpcd 4.0.X that just sucks. it wites something and waits forever. i kill it with ctrl c. run it again. it gets connected only in the 2nd and sometimes 3rd and 4th attempts and even then it takes ages (5 - 10 sec) to connect. it also writes stuff to the console

pikachu# dhcpcd eth0
eth0: dhcpcd 4.0.3 starting
eth0: broadcasting for a lease
^Ceth0: received SIGINT, stopping
pikachu# dhcpcd eth0
eth0: dhcpcd 4.0.3 starting
eth0: broadcasting for a lease
^Ceth0: received SIGINT, stopping
pikachu# dhcpcd eth0
eth0: dhcpcd 4.0.3 starting
eth0: broadcasting for a lease
eth0: offered 10.0.0.1 from 10.0.0.138
X eth0: checking 10.0.0.1 is available on attached networks
eth0: acknowledged 10.0.0.1 from 10.0.0.138
eth0: leased 10.0.0.1 for 7200 seconds
pikachu#

sometimes it even gets 'timed out' at the point X and works only on the next attempt

how can i configure it to behave like the previous versions of dhcpcd (to work well and fast) or how can i replace it with something else ?