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Date:      Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:57:12 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru>
Cc:        "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: rcNG and dhcp 
Message-ID:  <71912.1029765432@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "12 Aug 2002 12:40:20 %2B0400." <1029141620.800.14.camel@vbook.express.ru> 

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On 12 Aug 2002 12:40:20 +0400, "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov wrote:

> There is patch to teach rcNG do not try dhcp on not-connected ethernet.
> 
> simply put
> ifconfig_fxp0="dhcp-if-carrier"
> into rc.conf
> 
> It will be interested to somebody

For what it's worth, I think this rocks.

> Theoretically there are another solution for problem - add new key to
> dhclient - check interface media before broadcasting.

Yes, that's definitely the long-term solution.

However, I'd like the dhcp-if-carrier solution while we wait for patches
to be accepted by the ISC folks. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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