Re: NetBSD 1.5.2 dhclient
From: Brian A. Sekcli (lavalamp_at_spiritual-machines.org)
Date: 10/23/03
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 17:59:46 -0400
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:46:11 +0200, Sebastian wrote:
> Hello, I have a question about the dhclient:
>
> I'm surfing via a cable modem, therefore I'm using DHCP for assigning
> IP-adresses. So I'm starting the dhclient and getting a screen full of
from dhclient(8):
The client normally prints a startup message and displays the protocol
sequence to the standard error descriptor until it has acquired an
address, and then only logs messages using the syslog (3) facility.
The -q flag prevents any messages other than errors from being printed
to the standard error descriptor.
so do this:
# ifconfig [interface]
*make sure Status: Active *, this is ethernet link.
Then to be extra safe:
# dhclient -d -q [interface] 2>1 > /dev/null
..these can also be passed to dhclient at boot in /etc/rc.conf using
dhclient_flags="-blah -blah"
-lava
> status messages. Then, sometimes I get errormessages like "Error:
> Network down" (or like this), but Internet works. These messages aren't
> very friendly to me, if I, for example, surf with lynx or am working on
> a console (the messages come even to a xterm).
> So I ask you: How do I disable these messages?
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