When I use empty /etc/conf.d/net file dhcp kicks in. The dhclient tries to obtain DHCP lease but if at the beginning the network cable was unplugged and re-plugged _during_ dhclient re-trying to ask for a lease somehow it does not managed to extract the respnse, or whatever happens. Then, /sbin/dhclient-script is used. Please not there is only /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf.example on my system so some defaults, probably from the ugly shellscript kick in. Kernel log shows dhclient re-tried an old lease after a while and pings the router. The ping command however spits its output into the rc console.
Similarly, if you leave the network cable unplugged the ping output documenting 100% loss is shown. Am on x86 stable.
Maybe it is because "ping -q" is not completely quiet ...
Created attachment 213022 [details] emerge --info
Created attachment 213023 [details, diff] dhclient-script.patch
Created attachment 213034 [details] photo.jpg
(In reply to comment #5) > Created an attachment (id=213034) [details] > photo.jpg > 192.168.0.1 is my router, btw.
Please update to apply against 3.1.3_p1 and 4.1.x. Or note if it's not required anymore.
should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report! Commit message: Quiet ping output by default http://sources.gentoo.org/net-misc/dhcp/dhcp-4.2.4_p2-r1.ebuild?rev=1.1 http://sources.gentoo.org/net-misc/dhcp/files/dhcp-4.2.4-quieter-ping.patch?rev=1.1
