From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 13:46:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61065106564A for ; Thu, 24 May 2012 13:46:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (mail.team1internet.com [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38AA98FC08 for ; Thu, 24 May 2012 13:46:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [71.20.75.102]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 2150D16B4BB; Thu, 24 May 2012 08:46:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 lars@larseighner.com; Thu, 24 May 2012 08:45:13 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 08:45:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: lars@noos.larseighnerhome.com To: Warren Block In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <201205230534.q4N5YhcB083259@mail.r-bonomi.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Bonomi Subject: Re: Connect to Clear hub modem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:46:35 -0000 On Thu, 24 May 2012, Warren Block wrote: > Looking at the code above again, there's an error. The first line is not > going to do anything (I think, rc.conf has surprised me before). It should > have the interface name. So either of these two lines should work: > > ifconfig_re0="DHCP" > or > ifconfig_re0="inet 192.168.15.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" I am only following up here because someday someone may find this thread in the archives. We are talking about the Clear hub modem (which is for wireless but can be connect by ethernet cable). ifconfig_re0="DHCP" doesn't work. Possibly because the hub so far as I can get it to reveal itself is running DHCP itself. This does work: network_interfaces="lo0 re0" ifconfig_re0="inet 192.168.15.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" defaultrouter="192.168.15.1" If they were both having DHCP, could some kind of race condition result, where they are dynamically reassigning each other? I don't know. I'm guessing at any rate, if you can firmly deliver the local machine to the tender mercies of the Clear hub, it will take over everything. Okay, so I can't explain it, but "works" convinces me. Perhaps as I move to the wireless side some light will be shed. I gather the ethernet cable connection is supposed to be the bullet-proof fallback for this device. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266