ping is slow. I hope that we can change the behavior of detecting network to something event driven. Like to insert a script into syslogd to detect the host's dhclient status (in a static IP environment, we don't need 'netwait'), or check ifconfig, something like that.
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Jeremy Chadwick <free...@jdc.parodius.com>wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 05:38:49PM -0700, Dan Allen wrote: > > Recently my network connection now is setup AFTER ntpd is launched rather > than before. > > > > So when ntpd starts there is no net connection and it gives up. > > > > I read /usr/src/UPDATING but nothing is mentioned about a change in boot > order. > > > > Any ideas? > > This issue has been discussed pretty thoroughly in the past. There's no > official solution, but there is an rc.d script I wrote which addresses > this shortcoming. Nothing related to the "boot order" has changed, but > network drivers and overall methodology has changed. > > Anyway, many people are using the below with success. > > http://jdc.parodius.com/freebsd/netwait > > Official patches, including the rc.conf(5) change I propose: > > http://jdc.parodius.com/freebsd/netwait_patches/ > > Example usage (in rc.conf): > > netwait_enable="yes" > netwait_ip="4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2" > netwait_if="em0" > > For what these variables mean, please see the script itself. They are > thoroughly documented. > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick j...@parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
