[OSX-Users] DHCP Timeout

[Christopher Gutteridge]

so... I'm staying in a hotel with a really slow DHCP server. OSX times 
out before the poor thing coughs out an IP address.

I found this solution which seems to have worked: 
https://discussions.apple.com/message/8222606#8222606 (it ups the delay 
before it declares a DHCP request failed)

I see no good reason not to up this number as described, in advance, 
rather than wait for a crap wifi situation.

I'd at least suggest copying the details into a file on your mac so you 
can try it if ever in 'self-assigned IP' wastelands.

I can't think of any real downside to having upped this timeout.

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Christopher Gutteridge -- http://id.ecs.soton.ac.uk/person/1248

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