On 3/4/06, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can someone confirm or negate if this is a correct possible use of > > trunk. I have two 'external' interfaces (em1 & em2) which grab > > dynamic IPs from my ISP. I have a single 'internal' interface (em0) > > which is bound to my internal network 10.10.50.0/24. I boot, receive > > the dynamic IPs on each external interface and from there am able to > > connect to the internet. > > > > I then manually, after boot, create trunk0 via the following command: > > > > ifconfig trunk0 create 192.168.0.1 trunkport em1 trunkport em2 > > > > At this point I lose internet connectivity. > > dhclient listens for changes to it's interface. if any changes are > made, it assumes that you are going back to manual configuration, > and dhclient exits -- stops supporting that interface. > > We may change the semantics a bit in the future. >
Is there a way to make this scenario work besides obtaining static IPs for the external intefaces? That is definitetly something that could be done, but if a hack could be devised it would save me some $$.
