Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:17:31 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: bostondriver@comcast.net Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig_fxp0 with both DHCP and Link? Message-ID: <20051220201731.GD28172@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <122020051700.20160.43A83894000F31D000004EC022058863609D0A90079D0B02019B9C010D@comcast.net> References: <122020051700.20160.43A83894000F31D000004EC022058863609D0A90079D0B02019B9C010D@comcast.net>
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--Ycz6tD7Th1CMF4v7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 05:00:05PM +0000, bostondriver@comcast.net wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I need to set my connection to my cable provider to use both DHCP and > set the Ethernet address. Is one meant to use rc.conf for both? > > man rc.conf says that options can be specified along with DHCP, but > setting an address family doesn't show up in the options section of > the man page. > > I belive that placing "ifconfig fxp0 link aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" > in /etc/start_if.fxp0 and then leaving rc.conf with just > ifconfig_fxp0=3D"DHCP" will work. But that puts the config in multiple > files. I'd like to avoid that. > > What do others do? I can't be the only one who wants to avoid calling > the cable company when they change an Ethernet card. This is what you'll have to do prior to 6.0. In 6.0 and above you can just do: ifconfig_fxp0=3D"link aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff DHCP" -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --Ycz6tD7Th1CMF4v7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDqGbbXY6L6fI4GtQRAvxAAKCZnSi2R7EXk++GXMn3ZPuMQN21RwCfUy54 r6rWDwUpqNn29Hlk+Ufk2DE= =q5nH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Ycz6tD7Th1CMF4v7--
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