Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:07:52 -0800 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Configuring for 1 static and 1 DHCP interface ? Message-ID: <46085.1290546472@tristatelogic.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=RJiwpOd9i77NUOZ_PREfrERjDNw%2BJ_iSWF7ig@mail.gmail.com>
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In message <AANLkTi=RJiwpOd9i77NUOZ_PREfrERjDNw+J_iSWF7ig@mail.gmail.com>, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette ><rfg@tristatelogic.com> wrote: >> I don't want the DHCP stuff to set -no- routes at all... I still do >> want it to create a route to 192.168.1.0/24. =C2=A0I just don't want it >> make any change to the default route that would otherwise be set, >> you know, as a result of the defaultrouter=3D statement in my /etc/rc.con= >f >> file. >> >> So is there a nice clean & simple way to get the DHCP stuff to only >> create just that route to 192.168.1.0/24 , while leaving the default >> route alone? > >dhclient doesn't set that route. The kernel's networking code >automatically creates a route for the subnet when you add the IP to >the interface. Ah! Yes! Right. The ifconfig. I forgot about that. Thanks. OK, so if I tell the DHCP stuff to set no routes, then the ifconfig will setup the route for 192.168.1.0/24 and all else will remain unmolested. That sounds perfect to me. Thanks.
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