Re: How to disable at-boot configuration of a network interface but permit manual use of rc.d?

2005-06-27 Thread Niki Denev

Darren Pilgrim wrote:

There are some conditions to the task given by the subject:

1: The interface must be present at boot.
2: Use of /etc/rc.d scripts to start and stop the interface is
desirable.

The first condition poses no problem, just don't include the relevant
ifconfig_ifn line in /etc/rc.conf and the interface won't be configured.
But rc.d/dhclient and rc.d/netif won't work without an ifconfig line for
the interface.

Adding the ifconfig line and then listing every interface but the one I
want configured in network_interfaces does prevent it from being
configured at boot while having an ifconfig line in rc.conf, but if I
try to use rc.d/netif to start the interface, rc.d/netif does nothing
because it tests the interface against the contents of
network_interfaces and cloned_interfaces, so the interface I left out
will be excluded.

Have I overlooked an option somewhere?



Hi,

What happens if you configure the interface in 'down' state, like :

ifconfig_fxp0=inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xff00 down

P.S.: Just an idea, never tried it :)

--niki


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RE: How to disable at-boot configuration of a network interface but permit manual use of rc.d?

2005-06-27 Thread Darren Pilgrim
From: Niki Denev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Darren Pilgrim wrote:
  There are some conditions to the task given by the subject:
  
  1: The interface must be present at boot.
  2: Use of /etc/rc.d scripts to start and stop the interface
  is desirable.
  
  The first condition poses no problem, just don't include the
  relevant ifconfig_ifn line in /etc/rc.conf and the interface won't
  be configured. But rc.d/dhclient and rc.d/netif won't work without
  an ifconfig line for the interface.
  
  Adding the ifconfig line and then listing every interface but the
  one I want configured in network_interfaces does prevent it from
  being configured at boot while having an ifconfig line in rc.conf,
  but if I try to use rc.d/netif to start the interface, rc.d/netif
  does nothing because it tests the interface against the contents
  of network_interfaces and cloned_interfaces, so the interface I
  left out will be excluded.
  
  Have I overlooked an option somewhere?
 
 What happens if you configure the interface in 'down' state, like :
 
 ifconfig_fxp0=inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xff00 down

Then rc.d/dhclient won't work.  The DHCP keyword must be present in
the ifconfig line in order for dhcpif to test true.  A similar logic is
in place for wpaif based on the WPA keyword.

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Re: How to disable at-boot configuration of a network interface but permit manual use of rc.d?

2005-06-27 Thread Dario Freni
nduja# grep ifconfig_ed1 /etc/rc.conf
#ifconfig_ed1=DHCP

nduja# sh /etc/rc.d/dhclient start
nduja# setenv ifconfig_ed1 DHCP
nduja# sh /etc/rc.d/dhclient start
Starting dhclient.
ed1: flags=108843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::250:baff:fe7a:a9bd%ed1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
inet 37.0.203.130 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 37.0.203.255
ether 00:50:ba:7a:a9:bd
media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP full-duplex
status: active
nduja#

Regards,
Dario

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