Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:19:29 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: current@dino.sk Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming Message-ID: <20050615.211929.103236830.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200506151140.56908.current@dino.sk> References: <20050615061009.GA11914@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20050615.003020.99022728.imp@bsdimp.com> <200506151140.56908.current@dino.sk>
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Milan Obuch <current@dino.sk> writes:
: On Wednesday 15 June 2005 08:30, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: ...
: >
: > ifconfig fxp0 1.2.3.4/24
: >
: > will kill dhclient every time for me.
: >
:
: Well, I would consider this a feature, not a bug, and a convenient one. It
: happens on me from time to time that I have DHCP configured on one interface,
: then after move to another place I issue 'ifconfig fxp0 ....' and some time
: after network suddenly stops working due to dhclient running and deleting my
: manually entered setting.
: Where there also 'ifconfig fxp0 DHCP' for consistency...
: I know this could be easily done with some scripting, but I could not
: resist :)
The problem that I have with it is that if I then unplug and plug the
cable in (say press-ganging my laptop into service to test static IP
addresses) causes dhclient to run again. I'm not sure that's a bug,
but it is a behavior change from the old dhclient. It is doing what I
told it to do, but much more enthusiastically. I'm not sure what to
suggest to fix it, however...
Warner
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