run a command on startup
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: run a command on startup
On 1/26/07, Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: run a command on startup
On Friday 26 January 2007 16:45, Kevin Downey wrote: On 1/26/07, Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] well, unfortunately, that didnt work. # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Mon Jan 22 15:32:44 2007 # Created: Mon Jan 22 15:32:44 2007 # Enable network daemons for user convenience. # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. defaultrouter=192.168.125.1 hostname=pollux.dfwlp.com ifconfig_fxp0=ether 00:09:6b:b6:3e:d9 ifconfig_fxp0=inet 192.168.125.71 netmask 255.255.255.128 inetd_enable=YES sshd_enable=YES usbd_enable=YES pollux# ifconfig fxp0 fxp0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU inet 192.168.125.71 netmask 0xff80 broadcast 192.168.125.127 ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex) status: active is there another way to skin this cat? thanks, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: run a command on startup
Jonathan Horne said the following on 1/26/2007 8:45 PM: well, unfortunately, that didnt work. # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Mon Jan 22 15:32:44 2007 # Created: Mon Jan 22 15:32:44 2007 # Enable network daemons for user convenience. # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. defaultrouter=192.168.125.1 hostname=pollux.dfwlp.com ifconfig_fxp0=ether 00:09:6b:b6:3e:d9 ifconfig_fxp0=inet 192.168.125.71 netmask 255.255.255.128 Try this: ifconfig_fxp0=ether 00:09:6b:b6:3e:d9 inet 192.168.125.71 netmask 255.255.255.128 Hope that helps.. Best, --Glenn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: run a command on startup
On Friday 26 January 2007 20:21, Glenn Sieb wrote: Try this: ifconfig_fxp0=ether 00:09:6b:b6:3e:d9 inet 192.168.125.71 netmask 255.255.255.128 Hope that helps.. Best, --Glenn unfortunately, that didnt work either. however, i just figured out something REALLY strange. the computer will still wake up, if i give the command: wakeonlan -i 192.168.125.127 00:00:00:00:00:00 *shrug* this is one of the strangest incidents ive had to troubleshoot in a long time! i guess there is no reason that 00:[...] cant be a valid mac address, and it doesnt seem to be having any trouble pkg_add -r'ing from the net so, i guess i can put this one to bed. cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
