From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 9 10:40:35 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA20449 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 10:40:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from medianstrip.net (chlojolo.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.145.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA20438 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 10:40:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@medianstrip.net) Received: from mike.medianstrip.net (mike.medianstrip.net [10.0.0.3]) by medianstrip.net (Postfix) with ESMTP for id ECBBF14B09; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:40:29 -0500 (EST) Received: by mike.medianstrip.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 816EF36C7; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:40:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:40:29 -0500 From: mike ryan To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ Message-ID: <19990209134029.A9756@medianstrip.net> References: <19990208142820.A9457@relay.nuxi.com> <19990209004444.D19070@relay.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990209004444.D19070@relay.nuxi.com>; from David O'Brien on Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 12:44:44AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG on Feb 9, David O'Brien wrote: > > What impact will this have on the rc files? How will it affect > > rc.conf, seeing as it overrides several values therein? > > Most basic, you would have ``network_interfaces="lo0 fxp0"'' as usual, > but no "ifconfig_fxp0="inet ...." line. > > Rather you would have a ``/etc/start_if.fxp0'' file with: > > /sbin/dhcpc fxp0 > sleep 10 this is one of the things ISC does better than WIDE, btw -- dhclient won't background itself until it has an ip address, so you don't have to guess how long it'll take to obtain a lease. no wasted time during boot if things are quick, no lost services if things are slow. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message