On 3/4/06, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can someone confirm or negate if this is a correct possible use of
> > trunk.  I have two 'external' interfaces (em1 & em2) which grab
> > dynamic IPs from my ISP.  I have a single 'internal' interface (em0)
> > which is bound to my internal network 10.10.50.0/24.  I boot, receive
> > the dynamic IPs on each external interface and from there am able to
> > connect to the internet.
> >
> > I then manually, after boot, create trunk0 via the following command:
> >
> > ifconfig trunk0 create 192.168.0.1 trunkport em1 trunkport em2
> >
> > At this point I lose internet connectivity.
>
> dhclient listens for changes to it's interface.  if any changes are
> made, it assumes that you are going back to manual configuration,
> and dhclient exits -- stops supporting that interface.
>
> We may change the semantics a bit in the future.
>

Is there a way to make this scenario work besides obtaining static IPs
for the external intefaces?

That is definitetly something that could be done, but if a hack could
be devised it would save me some $$.

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