Re: [Ltib] rc.conf and network initialization

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Chris,

Normally configuration is done at build time using ./ltib -m config

This sets up rootfs/etc/rc.d/rc.conf which controls the network startup
script.

If you look in there you will see something like:

export INTERFACE0="eth0"
export IPADDR0="dhcp"

To change at runtime, you'll need to edit this file (maybe with sed).
If you default to DHCP, then at a minimum, you'll have to add a netmask.
So, for example, say we started with DHCP like above.  Edit rc.conf to
read (change as appropriate to your network):

export INTERFACE0="eth0"
export IPADDR0="dhcp"
export NETMASK0="255.255.255.0"

to switch to static IP, run sed (or manually edit) and change to (for
example):

export INTERFACE0="eth0"
export IPADDR0="192.168.16.66"
export NETMASK0="255.255.255.0"

Then re-start networking on the target:

# sh /etc/rc.d/rcS restart network

To revert to DHCP, re-edit rc.conf, change IPADDR0 back to dhcp and
re-start the network.

NOTES:

* If you're mounted NFS root, it will ignore a change back to DHCP
* You may also want to add values for the static case for
BROADCAST0, GATEWAY0, NAMESERVER0
* I've not tested this much, so you may need to debug

Regards, Stuart




Chris Westervelt wrote:
> Does anyone know what needs to be done to satisfy
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start or restart to allow for a change between
> ‘static’ and ‘dhcp’ configurations to take place after the system is up
> and running.  My product needs to be able to change this on the fly. 
> When I /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start/restart I get an error about
> IPADDR not set in rc.conf.  I have not found any syntax about IPADDR in
> any wiki on rc.conf.  Only ifconfig_xxN which is also a mystery as to
> where the  xxN comes from if we don’t have an /etc/network/ifconfig.conf
> file or something like this or do we? 
> 
>  
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