From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri May 31 4: 3:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from cathbad.happygiraffe.net (choke.semantico.com [212.74.15.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4791937B400 for ; Fri, 31 May 2002 04:03:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by cathbad.happygiraffe.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 584635DEC; Fri, 31 May 2002 12:03:06 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:03:06 +0100 To: George Hartzell Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help me translate a linux habit to a Freebsd 4.5-p5 laptop. Message-ID: <20020531120306.A16474@cathbad.happygiraffe.net> References: <15605.20108.605502.219635@rosebud.alerce.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <15605.20108.605502.219635@rosebud.alerce.com>; from hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com on Wed, May 29, 2002 at 02:56:28PM -0700 X-Warning: Incoming message from The Big Giant Head! X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 X-Uptime: 11:59AM up 1:30, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 From: dom@happygiraffe.net (Dominic Mitchell) Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 02:56:28PM -0700, George Hartzell wrote: > Under Redhat Linux 7.2, a network interface can be set up so that it > isn't started when the machine boots, but rather when someone runs a > command like: > > ifup eth0 > > If eth0 is config'ed with fixed addresses, it'll just set 'em, and if > it's set up to use DHCP, it'll go set itself up appropriately. > > I find this handy with my laptop, since I'm frequently running around > disconnected and having the interface down keeps me from having to > wait while a bunch of stuff tries to use it. When I show up at some > place w/ a cable, I just plug in, ifup, and away I go. When I'm done, > ifdown eth0 and it drops the routes, removes the entries from > /etc/resolv.conf, etc.... > > In this case (sony vaio 505je or hsk), it's a built in fxp0 interface. I think that you may have to do this yourself. Consider setting network_interfaces="" in /etc/rc.conf and then take a look at what the /etc/netstart script does as a basis for your needs. I really wish we had the NetBSD rc.d stuff... -Dom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message