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From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org>
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Subject: Re: misc/116198: ifconfig illegal option -- n  dhclient fails
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The following reply was made to PR misc/116198; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org>
To: "Stefan Kuttler" <webinput@netbeisser.de>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/116198: ifconfig illegal option -- n  dhclient fails
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 12:21:47 +0200 (CEST)

 On Sat, September 8, 2007 10:27 am, Stefan Kuttler wrote:
 >
 > FreeBSD 6.2-Release-p7 tc3.netbeisser.de 6.2-Release-p7 FreeBSD
 > 6.2-Release-p7 #0: Sat Sep  8 06:24:41 MEST 2007
 > sk@tc3.netbeisser.de/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TC3  i386
 >>Description:
 > Simple console parameter problem. dhclient fails to initialized device
 > throwing
 > /sbin/ifconfig -n
 > ifconfig illegal option -- n
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 > dhclient em0
 >>Fix:
 > Replacing ifconfig -n with ifconfig -L fixes it
 >
 
 Hello,
 
 Without looking at any details so far; How come I do the very same to
 configure my DHCP interface (Adsl line) and dont get the same error?
 
 Cheers
 remko
 
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