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Date:      Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:37:40 +0100
From:      Peter Harrison <peter.piggybox@virgin.net>
To:        Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
Cc:        Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why network doesn't get initialized on system startup?
Message-ID:  <20100819203740.GA1285@ideapad.piggybox>
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Thursday, 19 August 2010 at  9:08:21 -0700, Yuri said:
> On 08/19/2010 03:10, Glen Barber wrote:
> >Are you loading the ndis(4) kernel module at boot via loader.conf?
> >   
> 
> Yes, all ndis-related drivers (ndis.ko, if_ndis.ko and actual ndis 
> driver converted from windows one) are loaded from loader.conf.
> When system comes up ndis0 is fully functional and I can initialize it 
> by hand fine. It just doesn't happen on startup.

I can't remember where I saw this, but when you're using ndis you need to use SYNCDHCP instead of DHCP in ifconfig/rc.conf. Works for me no problem with a broadcom chip using ndis.

Regards,



Peter Harrison.

> 
> Yuri
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