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Date:      Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:37:06 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        kpneal@pobox.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Blocking until the network is ready at boot?
Message-ID:  <44k44wdgi5.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
In-Reply-To: <20120112152455.GA89897@neutralgood.org> (kpneal@pobox.com's message of "Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:24:55 -0500")
References:  <20120112145735.GB89712@neutralgood.org> <44obu9c60j.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <20120112152455.GA89897@neutralgood.org>

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kpneal@pobox.com writes:

> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:09:00AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>> kpneal@pobox.com writes:
>> 
>> > What's the correct way to get the rc.d scripts to block until the
>> > network interface is _fully_ ready to carry traffic?
>> 
>> According to rc.conf(5), netwait_enable is what you want.
>
> Does this require 9.x? I can't find any reference to that setting
> in any of my 8.2 rc.d scripts.

It's only been around on 8.x for about 6 months, so I guess you don't
have it. You can just install it in /etc/rc.d and add it as a
requirement for mountcritremote.



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