Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 07:29:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> To: khayman <khayman@carolina.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pccard NIC initialization order Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107180725320.5567-100000@pogo.caustic.org> In-Reply-To: <3B558F79.FBF3E5A5@carolina.rr.com>
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, khayman wrote: > Hello all, > > I just finished building 4.3-stable on an IBM Stinkpad 600x. After a > few snafus, its up and running. Then i learned that my Cardbus nic > wasn't supported so I threw in a 10-base pcmcia nic. The new (or old as > the case may be) nic works fine, it just initializes after I'm presented > with a login prompt and does not get a dhcp address. ok. what's the line in your /etc/rc.conf for this card? > If I run dhclient (which I dont really know how to do properly) I get an > address fine but get all sorts of IPv6 errors (not supported) output to > the screen for the duration of the system's uptime. try to run 'dhclient <interface>', that should help stop those errors. read the man page for dhclient. > Can someone point me in the right direction (or blatantly tell me if you > feel like it), on how to initialize the card earlier so that it gets an > address without having to run dhclient? Or let me know the proper usage > of running dhclient? well, the DHCP option on the card's interface just runs dhclient anyway. it's the same effect. make sure that you have pccard_enable set to yes, and pccard_ifconfig="DHCP" aswell. that should solve most of your problems. > My rc.conf file has the interface defined as dhcp. which interface? -------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+ http://caustic.org/~jan jan@caustic.org "which then led me to realize leading my life by the motto 'i'm not as bad as jan' would still let me get away with A LOT" --- j. leah williams, University of Chicago, 19 Jan, 2001 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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