I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, but I need to run the following command:
sudo dhclient
after startup to acquire a stable ethernet connection. I am running dhclient during startup already, through the /etc/rc.local file.
Someone please help me run this command after-startup automatically (by removing it's requirement for root, or some other means), or suggest a different way of troubleshooting my ethernet connection.
ifconfig
after you have rebooted (but before you've runsudo dhclient
), and again after you have runsudo dhclient
? It sounds like you may have an IP address incorrectly configured/not configured for DHCP on your network interface.