From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 10 01:26:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27E0837B407 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 01:26:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ksemat.co.ug (ping.mtn.co.ug [212.88.97.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA03D43F3F for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 01:26:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ksemat@ksemat.co.ug) Received: from sematin.mtn.co.ug (localhost.mtn.co.ug [127.0.0.1]) by sematin.mtn.co.ug (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h39AGHik000589; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 13:16:20 +0300 (EAT) (envelope-from ksemat@ksemat.co.ug) Received: from localhost (ksemat@localhost)h39AGFJ1000586; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 13:16:17 +0300 (EAT) X-Authentication-Warning: sematin.mtn.co.ug: ksemat owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 13:16:15 +0300 (EAT) From: Noah K Sematimba X-X-Sender: ksemat@sematin.mtn.co.ug To: "D.Pageau" In-Reply-To: <3E92D313.5080108@infodev.ca> Message-ID: <20030409131417.A531@sematin.mtn.co.ug> References: <3E92D313.5080108@infodev.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't bind IP to my bridge at boot time X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:26:28 -0000 probably sysctl gets initialised too early pn in the boot process. How about simply writing a small shell script call it sysctl.sh and it has this command in it. Put it in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and see if it works. I do not have 5.0 but I hope what i am saying actually makes sense. Noah. On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, D.Pageau wrote: > This as been post to freebsd-isp without success, I'm sorry for the > cross post but I need help. > > If I uncomment #net.link.ether.bridge=1 in sysctl.conf my IP is not bind > to rl1 but if I leave it commented and type "sysctl > net.link.ether.bridge=1" at command prompt everything work fine. > > Need help! > > Thanks > > $cat /etc/rc.conf > ... > ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.42.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_rl1="inet 216.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.240" > #ifconfig_rl2 Bridge to rl1 > ... > > $cat /etc/sysctl.conf > net.link.ether.bridge_cfg=rl1,rl2 > net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw=1 > #net.link.ether.bridge=1 > > $uname -a > FreeBSD x.x.x 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #7: Mon Apr 7 13:35:54 > EDT 2003 > > -- > Dominic Pageau > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >