Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:25:15 +0200 From: "deeptech71@gmail.com" <deeptech71@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: what is the RIGHT(TM) way to configure background DHCP? Message-ID: <BANLkTikO7-7vKByU6RPADpV0KmGcR24mPg@mail.gmail.com>
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as of recent times, on my network, the DHCP server takes a very long time (>30s) to reply, slowing down the boot process. so i've decided to put the DHCP client in the background (via rc.conf) during the boot process. attempt 1: #background_dhclient="YES" #background_dhclient_sk0="YES" with this, the DHCP client isn't even started. attempt 2: #ifconfig_sk0="DHCP" #background_dhclient="YES" #background_dhclient_sk0="YES" with this, the DHCP client is started, but there is a 30s waiting time. (as if the background_dhclient and background_dhclient_<if> variables had no effect.) attempt 3: #ifconfig_sk0="DHCP" #defaultroute_delay="0" this works, but looks hacky. so what is the RIGHT(TM) way to configure a background DHCP client, and why? are any of the DHCP-client-related rc.conf options redundant/useless? btw, there is no example in /etc/defaults/rc.conf for ifconfig_<if>="DHCP"
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