Power Cycle Issue - modem takes 30+s to reconnect, ipfire boots & fails to get a DHCP lease

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DHCP client on red0 won't reassign IP upon reconnection

IPFire Core 144. Red interface is setup with dynamic IP. When a reconnection happens, it won’t automatically assign a new IPv4 address. ifconfig shows no address. Reconnection examples: power-cycle the modem attached to red0, or do ifconfig red0 down; ifconfig red0 up. IP can be manually assigned with dhcpcd red0 . This is a problem whenever my modem resets on its own. My whole setup loses internet connectivity until I manually intervene. Is this expected behavior? What would be the best way…