Re: dhcpcd [configuration] problems

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 02:53:24PM +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> On 24/03/2012 19:44, Chris Ross wrote:
> >I have a sparc64 host running netbsd-6.  When I boot, the bge0
> >interface is connected, and can and will receive an address (and an
> >IPv6 rtadv), but it seems not to be able to do so during
> >/etc/rc.d/network.  I have:
> >
> >ifconfig_bge0="dhcp"
> 
> I would actively discourage that.
> Use dhcpcd=YES instead of running separate instances of it.

In general, dhcpcd=YES is preferable, yes. The exception is when you
really want to manually configure certain interfaces. In that case it
can be easier to just request dhcp on the interface.

Joerg