From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 20 20:17:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C5E216A420 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:17:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE7343D4C for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:17:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jBKKHWKU003840; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:17:32 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id jBKKHVXi003839; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:17:31 -0800 Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:17:31 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: bostondriver@comcast.net Message-ID: <20051220201731.GD28172@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <122020051700.20160.43A83894000F31D000004EC022058863609D0A90079D0B02019B9C010D@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Ycz6tD7Th1CMF4v7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <122020051700.20160.43A83894000F31D000004EC022058863609D0A90079D0B02019B9C010D@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig_fxp0 with both DHCP and Link? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:17:33 -0000 --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--