2008/8/4 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 11:00:16AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: >> Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:55:53 +0200 >> > Torfinn Ingolfsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> Just to be sure: also if the first command you try on the interface is >> >> 'ifconfig up'? >> > >> > Hello Torfinn, >> > >> > good point, no. The problem appears when the first thing called on this >> > interface is dhclient (caused by ifconfig_em0="DHCP"). I could also >> > provoke this behavior after the interface was once up had an IP and was >> > working (ping). All I need to do is to disconnect the NIC from the >> > switch when I type "/etc/rc.d/netif restart". >> > >> > I have noticed further strange effects here. The behavior seems to >> > be even more complex. >> > >> > After I typed "/etc/rc.d/netif restart", I waited until I get "giving >> > up" message. Then I plugged the cable in. After about 30 seconds the >> > link LED was on. I noticed that at this point I couldn't get an address >> > using DHCP. >> > >> > So I disconnected physically the NIC (no cable) and link LED was >> > still on! ifconfig showed me "state: active" with no cable plugged in. >> > After further 30 seconds the LED went off. >> > >> > I attached the NIC again to the switch again and after 30 seconds >> > again I got some other effect. The link LED went on (status: active) >> > and the data LED was permanently blinking (about 2,5 times a second). I >> > pulled the cable again and now the link LED is still on and the data >> > LED still blinking (since about 10 minutes already). >> > >> > By the way... >> > Now I'm typing this E-Mail without an ethernet cable plugged in and the >> > link status LED is still on and the other data LED is blinking. >> > >> > -- >> > Martin >> > >> I may have misunderstood the purpose of this, but do you have the bpf >> compiled into your kernel? If you're having DHCP troubles, this could >> be a problem. > > I have never seen "device bpf" cause any sort of DHCP-related problems > on FreeBSD. > > Can you expand on this, and provide reference material confirming such? > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > >
Sorry, I was referring to the possible absence of it. Ref: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-dhcp.html , section 27.5.4: "Make sure that the bpf device is compiled into your kernel. To do this, add device bpf to your kernel configuration file, and rebuild the kernel." Chris -- R< $&h ! > $- ! $+ $@ $2 < @ $1 .UUCP. > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
