From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Nov 13 02:05:06 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98AAC3D9AC for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:05:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george@vagner.com) Received: from mailrelay2.pub.mailoutpod1-wdc1.one.com (mailrelay2.pub.mailoutpod1-wdc1.one.com [104.37.35.57]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9D2810AF for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:05:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george@vagner.com) X-HalOne-Cookie: 90398cec0fe491b05bdb0f52d7381bfafe40cac4 X-HalOne-ID: 943d7658-a945-11e6-bfef-549f35fe4221 Received: from [192.168.0.228] (unknown [172.243.191.100]) by mailrelay1.pub.mailoutpod1-wdc1.one.com (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 943d7658-a945-11e6-bfef-549f35fe4221; Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:05:03 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: USB network cards and DHCP To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <09a08e97-036e-4a0b-11c6-910042504b54@vagner.com> <20161112213722.GA35729@neutralgood.org> From: laszlo Message-ID: Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 21:04:58 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161112213722.GA35729@neutralgood.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:05:07 -0000 no i dont get any messages on the console. about the reply-- i am lazy and didnt want to type in the email address. who reads email headers anyway.? On 11/12/2016 4:37 PM, Kevin P. Neal wrote: > On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:15:15PM -0500, laszlo wrote: >> i have been trying use a USB network card for my satellite connection >> but if i turn off the sat modem and turn it back on the USB card does >> not get a IP address. If i mark the interface down and then back up it >> does get an ip address or if i reboot it does get an ip address. > Do you get any kernel messages when you turn the modem off or turn it on? > I ask because if you do then it may be possible to configure devd to take > down the interface when you turn the modem off, and reverse when you turn > it back on. I've never used devd so I don't have anything more specific > to add about it. > > Side note: you appear to have sent your message to the list by replying > to another message and then replacing the reply with a new message. If you > do that it is helpful to delete the "In-Reply-To" header. That header is > used for threading of messages. If set incorrectly then your message > risks getting missed depending on what mail software is used by the people > on the list. If your mail software doesn't let you remove the header then > I suggest the cut-and-paste approach to setting the "To" field instead > of replying as you did. >