On 2014/11/12 09:49, rjc wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 09:13:37AM EST, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 03:26:02PM +0200, Lars Engblom wrote: > > > > > I guess you mean the case of having several network interfaces. Let > > > all of the unconfigured interfaces get the IP settings from > > > hostname.default and write this in the documentation. It is easier > > > to plug in just one cable than having to guess all the names of the > > > interfaces (em0, bge0, re0, rl0 etc). > > > > One problem with this idea is that you can't have the same IP on > > multiple interfaces and expect things to work. > > > > A recent discussed on misc@ made this quite clear: > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=141564884907430&w=2 > > The scope there was even broader: > > PH> That is not supported. You MUST NOT have IPs in the same range on > PH> different interfaces. > > I think I know what the OP has in mind - having a "default" IP address > configuration which gets assigned to an interface where "media" is > present. > > The only way I see this working is with only a single Ethernet adaptor > has the cable plugged in - otherwise it gets messy.
It's messy anyway. You have to know which are normal network adapters and which are not - some obvious examples are enc0, pflog0, lo0 > One way or another, this shouldn't be too difficult to script and run > from /etc/rc.firsttime. Yep. Much better idea.
