Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:36:37 -0600 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: run a command on startup Message-ID: <200701261636.37517.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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i have a box that my nic's eeprom got zapped last night. WOL is a must for me, and as a last ditch, i finally have the card talking again if i set a mac address manually. upon shutdown, apparently it remember the address i set, and answers to a WOL packet. also, it appears to immediately forget the mac that was set when the computer starts, because when i get back to the login, the ifconfig shows the mac to be 00:00:00:00:00:00 again, and i have to 'ifconfig fxp0 ether [mad address]' after each boot. where can i stick that command so its run during boot up, maybe preferable before the network configuration is loaded? strangely enough, even when the mac address is 00's, i can still ping around my lan (i didnt think this was possible without a mac address) thanks, jonathan
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