From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 8 16:29:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 515A810656AD for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:29:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from w8hdkim@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3F2D8FC1C for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:29:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so1358598wyf.13 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:29:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=L7CAbxWFsX6HejHfoOHBbt9dknrCUttYfbkJa2NpOT8=; b=QB3r4XE23Fs/xZHAdBMKsT2TKg9tbA/vqPkwSbpIv9E7Wad8gS/7gI7NFDE0/pethf 21Sngq80MbUfh3zxOwAeVtDXWzArnIwZhOPKVBjFkHLHxznx7NoAaLj+/HGeeCPC8pIY ffXa2vc/NzIC0drs6LG5f6GUNOeGZX9G6ZL6U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=FFaBUslHNF+Sn95bis+CLXy5+eWduzJGyKX8vyHbqyQSBSfVT3mHH/D+dlM8Y63/uQ ZyOZmyzC+IoX3/+paN1LTXMOipx7pLlqG5hmgOpjZoxZZE6ew6CZKrWfkJYXraqbmqyj 281Ch8oRK9ILcZknQvCXYSUjMwlT3BXBcjCE0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.134.201 with SMTP id k9mr9101460wbt.177.1291825789552; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:29:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.227.23.203 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 08:29:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201012080923.31048.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201012080923.31048.jhb@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:29:49 -0500 Message-ID: From: Kim Culhan To: John Baldwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.2-PRERELESE ifconfig_bridge has no members unless run from rc.local X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:29:51 -0000 On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:23 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:17:30 pm Kim Culhan wrote: > > Had been running a wireless bridge for some months in rc.conf: > > > > ifconfig_bridge0="addm wlan0 addm re1 up" > > > > Updated to 8.2-PRERELEASE 2 days ago and when the machine boots > > the bridge has no members. > > > > Reversing the order of the members results in the bridge having just > > the re1 member. > > > > Running the above command from a shell works and running from > > an rc.local file also works. > > > > FWIW, running from a shell there is about a 3 second delay after hit > enter > > before it returns the shell prompt, members are then present. > > > > The lines in rc.conf: > > > > cloned_interfaces="bridge0" > > ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.1.50/24 channel 11" > > wlans_rum0="wlan0" > > create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap mode 11g" > > ifconfig_bridge0="addm wlan0 addm re1 up" > > > > Tried replacing the re device with em, no change. > > > > Any help is very greatly appreciated. > > Most likely the bridge0 device is created by /etc/rc.d/netif before the > wlan0 > device is created, so when the system startup tries to configure bridge0, > the > ifconfig statement fails. > > What does 'ifconfig -l' show after you have booted? > It shows: re0 em0 plip0 lo0 bridge0 On the console at boot there is, after the file partition status and setting the hostname: ifconfig: BRDGADD wlan0: No such file or directory Following this is: Starting Network: lo0 re0 em0 bridge0 Which is followed by output the same as from ifconfig -a including bridge0 which has no members. Next is: Starting Network: rum0 rum0: flags=8843