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Date:      Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:16:14 -0500
From:      Yousif Hassan <yousif@alumni.jmu.edu>
To:        Kevin Downey <redchin@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: network interface monitoring?
Message-ID:  <1201295774.1536.1.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <1d3ed48c0801251228t3f9e69a0x54bae7b261f2cbf3@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <1201125022.2106.67.camel@localhost> <20080123222047.GA14264@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <1201190313.2591.7.camel@localhost> <20080124163634.GA25331@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <1201198042.19736.5.camel@localhost> <20080125051059.GA22410@cdnetworks.co.kr> <1201275694.1537.13.camel@localhost> <1d3ed48c0801251228t3f9e69a0x54bae7b261f2cbf3@mail.gmail.com>

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> the rc.conf manpage has a few options regarding the function of dhcp including:
> 
>      synchronous_dhclient
>                  (is currently in beta test.  Set to ``bool'') to start
>                  dhclient(8) only in response to interface events and not syn-
>                  chronously at startup.  This behavior can be overridden on a
>                  per-interface basis by replacing the ``DHCP'' keyword in the
>                  ifconfig_<interface> variable with ``SYNCDHCP'' or
>                  ``NOSYNCDHCP''.
> 
> and
> 
>      background_dhclient
>                  (bool) Set to ``YES'' to start the DHCP client in background.
>                  This can cause trouble with applications depending on a work-
>                  ing network, but it will provide a faster startup in many
>                  cases.

What a great list.  Very useful suggestions, thanks!  The behavior you
get from setting synchronous_dhclient="NO" is exactly what I was looking
for.




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