hello, in case there is a "dhcp" in hostname.if(5), netstart does the following:
cmd="ifconfig $if $name $mask $bcaddr $ext1 $ext2 down" cmd="$cmd;dhclient $if" in my case if have /etc/hostname.ath0 like: up nwid openwlan dhcp the interface comes up within the network "openwlan" and then is brought down before dhclient is started. so i see nice "ath0: no link .......... sleeping" upon the system startup. what is the reason to bring an interface down in case of dhcp? google is not clear on this one... thanks! p.s. the system is -current.
