Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:23:30 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Cc: Kim Culhan <w8hdkim@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 8.2-PRERELESE ifconfig_bridge has no members unless run from rc.local Message-ID: <201012080923.31048.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimCW=R41p%2B4Pb=o6or0JT4i2CmTOHyh1bKaisGr@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimCW=R41p%2B4Pb=o6or0JT4i2CmTOHyh1bKaisGr@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:17:30 pm Kim Culhan wrote: > Had been running a wireless bridge for some months in rc.conf: > > ifconfig_bridge0="addm wlan0 addm re1 up" > > Updated to 8.2-PRERELEASE 2 days ago and when the machine boots > the bridge has no members. > > Reversing the order of the members results in the bridge having just > the re1 member. > > Running the above command from a shell works and running from > an rc.local file also works. > > FWIW, running from a shell there is about a 3 second delay after hit enter > before it returns the shell prompt, members are then present. > > The lines in rc.conf: > > cloned_interfaces="bridge0" > ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.1.50/24 channel 11" > wlans_rum0="wlan0" > create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap mode 11g" > ifconfig_bridge0="addm wlan0 addm re1 up" > > Tried replacing the re device with em, no change. > > Any help is very greatly appreciated. Most likely the bridge0 device is created by /etc/rc.d/netif before the wlan0 device is created, so when the system startup tries to configure bridge0, the ifconfig statement fails. What does 'ifconfig -l' show after you have booted? -- John Baldwin
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