Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:45:07 -0800 From: "Kevin Downey" <redchin@gmail.com> To: "Jonathan Horne" <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: run a command on startup Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0701261445m5d8612adn9b72ad5b8a1987d6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200701261636.37517.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200701261636.37517.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On 1/26/07, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote: > 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 > you can put "ether [mac address]" in fxp0's ifconfig line in /etc/rc.conf ifconfig_fxp0="ether [mac address]" -- The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred.
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