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Date:      Mon, 8 Oct 2001 13:31:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se>
To:        leblanc+freebsd@smtp.ne.mediaone.net
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dhclient/ifconfig questions.
Message-ID:  <200110082031.f98KV6725259@mikko.rsa.com>
References:  <20011008150351.A1543@acadia.ne.mediaone.net>

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In local.freebsd.questions you write:

>Hey folks.  A little rc.conf/ifconfig/dhcp trouble here.

>Here is what I have:

>fxp0 - internal interface
>xl0  - external interface

>fxp0 is easy.  No problems configuring that.

>xl0 is giving me a headache.  Here is what I need to do:
>Set ether to 00:A0:CC:33:55:25 and configure with dhclient.
>Sounds easy, but . . .

>Here is what I'm doing in rc.conf:

>defaultrouter="NO"
>dhcp_program=/sbin/dhclient
>dhcp_flags=""
>gateway_enable="YES"
>hostname="acadia.ne.mediaone.net"
>ifconfig_fxp0="inet 10.8.20.5  netmask 255.255.255.0"
>ifconfig_xl0="DHCP ether 00:A0:CC:33:55:25"
>. . .

>But when I reboot, not only is it not starting dhclient, but X won't
>start!  I get a libgtk12.so.2 not found error, but it is there.  When

[...]

As you have already guessed, you can't mix "DHCP" with ifconfig flags.
Set ifconfig_xl0 to "DHCP" and put any commands you need executed
first in a file called "/etc/start_if.xl0" (in your case that would be
"ifconfig xl0 ether ..." i guess).

Don't know if your X problems are related, though.

  $.02,
  /Mikko
-- 
 Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com
 RSA Security

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