Subject: Re: /etc/ifconfig.foo enhancement
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 01/12/2001 08:40:25
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 01:19:47PM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:

 > 	i think /etc/rc.d/dhclient should be kept.  when we put "!dhclient"
 > 	into /etc/ifconfig.* we are assuming that only one interface would be
 > 	used.  the assumption is not always true (for laptop without
 > 	internal ethernet, it is almost always true, but for other cases...)

You can run multiple dhclient's (one per interface).

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>