Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:29:16 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ Message-ID: <E10ALee-0004BX-00@fanf.noc.demon.net> In-Reply-To: <199902091933.LAA04425@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <19990209110935.A29090@relay.nuxi.com>
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Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote: > >> I've got a machine on the DHCP required network with two NICs. Currently >> I'm only using one of them and thus don't have it listed in >> ``network_interfaces''. So it just happily sits there. IMHO we >> shouldn't try to dhcp configure it. It will just fill up logs as it >> continues to try to get a lease which it can't. > >In a situation like that, you would just tune the dhcp client not to >ask for a lease on that interface. You know you've done something >silly; there's a mechanism to stop it breaking things. What more could >you ask for? POLA. Currently, an interface that isn't mentioned isn't configured at all. Changing that isn't kind. Perhaps having a variable in rc.conf that lists the interfaces to be configured with DHCP would be better? (As opposed to the statically configured interfaces.) Tony. -- f.a.n.finch dot@dotat.at fanf@demon.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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