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Date:      Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:21:26 +0900
From:      Nathan Butcher <n-butcher@fusiongol.com>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dhclient problem
Message-ID:  <47AA9556.2020709@fusiongol.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080207040056.GB218@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
References:  <20080206234520.787F016A469@hub.freebsd.org> <47AA6B16.9020206@fusiongol.com> <20080207040056.GB218@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>

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>> All you have to do is issue "ifconfig rum0 up" to get your device UP,
>> and then try dhclient. It should work.
> 
> The standard scripts should be running "ifconfig xxx up" on any interface that
> has an ifconfig_xxx variable in rc.conf.  Has that been broken?
> 
> -- Brooks

My USB wireless dongle doesn't have any rc.conf config line, but it used
to be automatically UP without the config line at boot time at one point.

I remember doing an csup update on my box at one point and discovering
this change.




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