Re: how to add flags to ifconfig at boot
--- David Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 12:38:30PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: David Kelly writes: Or if one needs to ifconfig earlier in the startup process then put one's script in /etc/start_if.em0 It is my understanding (and experience) this only works when ifconfig_em0= in /etc/rc.conf. True only if your options for ifconfig in rc.conf would clear or override whatever it is you put in /etc/start_if_em0. As long as its something that can be done with multiple ifconfigs then all is fine. For example this works fine in /etc/start_if.xl0: #!/bin/sh ifconfig xl0 lladdr 00:01:23:45:67:89 with this in rc.conf: ifconfig_xl0=DHCP -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you very much for the above info David, I've always been challenged with my (encrypted) wireless card though, and usually have my own manual script that I run. Always wanted to have it start automagically when/if it is the card I'm using. (question) Besides the single line you have in /etc/rc.conf above to instruct DHCP to be used, can one place all the following somehow in rc.conf or will I have to get this going in a script location? Currently I give my card a static ip but would like to have it grab it's ipaddr by DHCP, here is the majority of the script, omitted are my ping tests of the gateway at the end. TIA # #!/bin/sh ifconfig wi0 ssid nwname ifconfig wi0 wepmode on ifconfig wi0 192.168.1.222 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig wi0 up wicontrol wi0 wepkey 0x1465466964 route add default 192.168.1.1 # ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to add flags to ifconfig at boot
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 07:24:21AM -0700, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: --- David Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True only if your options for ifconfig in rc.conf would clear or override whatever it is you put in /etc/start_if_em0. As long as its something that can be done with multiple ifconfigs then all is fine. For example this works fine in /etc/start_if.xl0: #!/bin/sh ifconfig xl0 lladdr 00:01:23:45:67:89 with this in rc.conf: ifconfig_xl0=DHCP Thank you very much for the above info David, I've always been challenged with my (encrypted) wireless card though, and usually have my own manual script that I run. Always wanted to have it start automagically when/if it is the card I'm using. (question) Besides the single line you have in /etc/rc.conf above to instruct DHCP to be used, can one place all the following somehow in rc.conf or will I have to get this going in a script location? Currently I give my card a static ip but would like to have it grab it's ipaddr by DHCP, here is the majority of the script, omitted are my ping tests of the gateway at the end. The reason you do not put a script such as you describe within rc.conf is that rc.conf is widely sourced as part of other scripts. As such, its run many times, not just once at boot. I think you should be able to remove the ifconfig setting static IP address, and the route add from your script, name the script if_start.wi0, and add ifconfig_wi0='DHCP' to rc.conf and be in business (assuming your wireless access point serves DHCP). Thats the whole point of start_if.if_name, to do things such as change MAC addresses, set WEP keys, etc. Things which lack formal support in rc.conf. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to add flags to ifconfig at boot
Per olof Ljungmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How can I add flags to ifconfig at boot time, i.e. I want it to start with 'ifconfig em0 -tso' ? Add the flag to the ifconfig_em0 line in rc.conf(5). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to add flags to ifconfig at boot
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:04:18AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Per olof Ljungmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How can I add flags to ifconfig at boot time, i.e. I want it to start with 'ifconfig em0 -tso' ? Add the flag to the ifconfig_em0 line in rc.conf(5). Or if one needs to ifconfig earlier in the startup process then put one's script in /etc/start_if.em0 I don't know what -tso does, but the start_if thing comes in very handy if one changes the MAC address on a NIC, say, for cable modem use without bothering one's ISP tech support. Also for setting the MAC address at boot before dhclient starts. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to add flags to ifconfig at boot
David Kelly writes: Or if one needs to ifconfig earlier in the startup process then put one's script in /etc/start_if.em0 It is my understanding (and experience) this only works when ifconfig_em0= in /etc/rc.conf. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to add flags to ifconfig at boot
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 12:38:30PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: David Kelly writes: Or if one needs to ifconfig earlier in the startup process then put one's script in /etc/start_if.em0 It is my understanding (and experience) this only works when ifconfig_em0= in /etc/rc.conf. True only if your options for ifconfig in rc.conf would clear or override whatever it is you put in /etc/start_if_em0. As long as its something that can be done with multiple ifconfigs then all is fine. For example this works fine in /etc/start_if.xl0: #!/bin/sh ifconfig xl0 lladdr 00:01:23:45:67:89 with this in rc.conf: ifconfig_xl0=DHCP -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
