17.09.2020 22:07, Gleb Popov wrote: > At $WORK I'm running a bunch of similar FreeBSD machines, all of them have > > ifconfig_DEFAULT="DHCP" > > in their /etc/rc.conf > > The DHCP server runs on some old Cisco router. > > At the start of the working day the power switch gets turned on and both > the router and FreeBSD machines start simultaneously. FreeBSD boots faster > than Cisco, but then hangs on "netif" rc script trying to acquire an IP > from the router. It waits for more than 30 seconds before giving up and > proceeding, and even after that the "routing" script blocks for another 30 > second with "waiting for default route". This delays the time needed to > reach the X graphics stage for too long. > > Funny enough, "SYNCDHCP" option shortens this time, but it is still visible. > > Is there any way to make DHCP acquisition asynchronous, or something else > to speed things up?
Look for "background_dhclient" in the rc.conf manual page, it merely adds "-b" to dhclient flags. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
