as of recent times, on my network, the DHCP server takes a very long time (>30s) to reply, slowing down the boot process. so i've decided to put the DHCP client in the background (via rc.conf) during the boot process.
attempt 1: #background_dhclient="YES" #background_dhclient_sk0="YES" with this, the DHCP client isn't even started. attempt 2: #ifconfig_sk0="DHCP" #background_dhclient="YES" #background_dhclient_sk0="YES" with this, the DHCP client is started, but there is a 30s waiting time. (as if the background_dhclient and background_dhclient_<if> variables had no effect.) attempt 3: #ifconfig_sk0="DHCP" #defaultroute_delay="0" this works, but looks hacky. so what is the RIGHT(TM) way to configure a background DHCP client, and why? are any of the DHCP-client-related rc.conf options redundant/useless? btw, there is no example in /etc/defaults/rc.conf for ifconfig_<if>="DHCP" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
