The man page for dhclient.conf shows the ability to ignore options sent by the dhcp server. If hostname.* doesn't do it, that might be necessary.
Tim. On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:10 AM, Daniel Ouellet <dan...@presscom.net> wrote: > On 10/2/14 11:39 PM, Daniel Ouellet wrote: > > May be a bit more for you as well under man hostname.if > > > > in the description it said this. "Any lines not matching these packed > > formats are passed directly to ifconfig(8)." > > > > and this section. > > > > options > > Miscellaneous options to set on the interface, e.g., "media > > 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex". Valid options for a particular > > interface type can be found in ifconfig(8). When used, the netmask and > > broadcast_addr options must also be present. > > > > Based on this information look to me that you should be able to pass the > > option you want and it would pass it to ifconfig on your behalf so you > > should be able to preset your MTU as you see fit there for the network > > card you specifically want. > > > > Anyway the best way would be to try and see what you get. > > > > Hopefully this provide you what you need. > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > On 10/2/14 11:27 PM, Daniel Ouellet wrote: > >> Unless I do not read the man page properly the information is available > >> there. > >> > >> > >> NAME > >> ifconfig -- configure network interface parameters > >> SYNOPSIS > >> ifconfig [-AaC] [interface] [address_family] [address > [dest_address]] > >> [parameters] > >> > >> ... > >> and lower you have: > >> ... > >> The following parameters may be set with ifconfig: > >> ... > >> mtu value > >> Set the MTU for this device to the given value. Cloned routes > >> inherit this value as a default. For Ethernet devices which support > >> setting the MTU, a value greater than 1500 enables jumbo frames. The > >> hardmtu output from hwfeatures shows the maximum supported MTU. > >> ... > >> > >> So if you read the man page you should have the information you need. > >> > >> Hope this help > >> > >> Daniel
