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I have three possible internet connections on my pi:

eth0 (unused) wlan0 - a cheapo dongle usb0 - my Android phone.

When I switch on my Pi, it searches for an ethernet connection for a long time, which, seeing as it's disconnected, never happens.

It repeatedly spits out the result...

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval...

...over and over again for about 1-2 minutes, before booting normally. Whilst this isn't a problem per se, it is annoying and simply slows me down. Seeing as I'm trying to use the Pi in a very portable configuration, this is a bit of a nark.

Does anybody know how to stop this happening?

Thanks!

P.S. I'm on Raspbian Wheezy

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  • Do you need to disable completely eth0, or you just want to make it discovering the network only if the other interfaces failed? – Morgan Courbet Sep 4 '14 at 13:49
  • I don't want to disable it, I just don't want it to bother looking for an ethernet connection at all on startup – Guy Stimpson Sep 4 '14 at 13:56
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I have my own answer. Again. I have to stop asking I think.

As suggested above, I needed to edit the /etc/network/interfaces, but I just changed auto eth0 to auto wlan0 so it picks up the wifi instead.

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  • You mean in /etc/network/interface, right? – Morgan Courbet Sep 4 '14 at 14:06
  • Yes, I do, sorry, will clarify... – Guy Stimpson Sep 4 '14 at 14:08
  • Edited my answer :) – Guy Stimpson Sep 4 '14 at 14:10
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Simple! Go to /etc/network/interface and add:

auto eth0
iface inet eth0 manual

And reboot.

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  • It's still doing it :/ – Guy Stimpson Sep 4 '14 at 13:57
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There is a option on the raspi configurations to NOT wait for a ethernet connection to establish and just boot normaly. Its a checkbox. Hope it helps someone

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