dhclient3 and DVD-ROM's LED light

Hi all,

1
I noticed that if my computer does not connect to network, a
daemon 
named dhclient3 which is used to acquiring network address
using DHCP 
protocol is always running, and writing many lines of log.
Should it be 
stopped?

2
I noticed that the DVDROM's LED light, which is to show the
status of 
reading,  periodically flashes. However, there is not disc
in my 
DVD-ROM, and any reading task is not running.  Could anyone
explain this 
phenomenon to me?

Thanks in advance.


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On 9/8/06, shadowkernel <shadowkernelgmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 1
> I noticed that if my computer does not connect to
network, a daemon
> named dhclient3 which is used to acquiring network
address using DHCP
> protocol is always running, and writing many lines of
log. Should it be
> stopped?

I think that means your machine's trying to get an address.
Unless
it's causing difficulties, it shouldn't be a problem.

> 2
> I noticed that the DVDROM's LED light, which is to
show the status of
> reading,  periodically flashes. However, there is not
disc in my
> DVD-ROM, and any reading task is not running.  Could
anyone explain this
> phenomenon to me?

I believe that's just the OS periodically checking to see
if you've
inserted a disk. Again, nothing to worry about, as far as I
know.

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