Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:23:48 -0600 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Joerg Pernfuss <jp@bsdgroup.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Desired behaviour of "ifconfig -alias" Message-ID: <20070213022348.GA57543@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20070213023753.5a8fdb7c@loki.starkstrom.lan> References: <20070212163652.GA51709@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20070212190739.GA42702@icarus.home.lan> <20070212192736.GB53587@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <200702121918.54648.joao@matik.com.br> <20070213023753.5a8fdb7c@loki.starkstrom.lan>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 02:37:53AM +0100, Joerg Pernfuss wrote: > On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:18:54 -0300 > JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> wrote: > > > I believe the problem here is that > > > > ifconfig_nic="inet IP" > > ifconfig_nic="ether MAC" > > > > does not work on one line and does not work on two either, the latter > > overrides and or you get an IP address with original MAC or you get a > > new MAC without IP. > > Yes, you have to put 'ifconfig nic ether MAC' in /etc/start_if.nic > for this to work afair. Same approach you need to set WEP etc on a > wireless nic if you have ifconfig_nic="DHCP" in your rc.conf. The second is no longer true. DHCP (like WPA) is a magic keywork that tells the system to run DHCP on the interface and is not passwd to ifconfig so the line can contain other things. -- Brooks [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF0SE0XY6L6fI4GtQRAsOdAKCbde9X/vocO22J6bzH2/TyWHUBgQCfROyx dyiJasJmCRuowmo0jG0ugOs= =LUu3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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