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Subject: Re: arge1 on TL WDR3600
To: Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@riseup.net>, freebsd-mips@freebsd.org
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On 27.10.2015 18:07, Piotr Kubaj wrote:
> Thanks Adrian, that also helped me with my 1043ND. At first I thought 
> that since arge0 works for LAN, arge1 must be WAN, but reading your 
> email made me realize I was wrong. I think you should put this into wiki 
> (that arge1 may be a dumb NIC and how to configure embedded switch to 
> use the WAN port).
> 
> Also, it would be quite useful to have some way of automatically loading 
> etherswitch configuration at boot time. For now the only way is to use 
> rc.local. I know that your scripts make it possible, but with stock 
> FreeBSD (which is what I use on my 1043ND for now) it's not really possible.

It is possible using /etc/start_if.switch0. Use this line in the /etc/rc.conf:

network_interfaces="switch0 arge0"

Then create shell script /etc/start_if.switch0 and put etherswitchcfg
configuration there. Standard rcNG will setup switch using this script
before arge0 configuration then.