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From: Marko Mikulicic <marko@××××.org>
To: robert.cole@×××××××××××××.com
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] net.eth0 without an IP addy
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:55:37
Message-Id: 3E766076.70209@seul.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] net.eth0 without an IP addy by Robert Cole
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4 Robert Cole wrote:
5 | I'm building stealth machines (logger, IDS, etc) without IP addresses
6 and I
7 | need a way to activate an interface without an IP address in a switched
8 | environment.
9 |
10 | loading up the module isn't enough to send a broadcast so the switch
11 | negotiates a link and logs the mac. Anyone have an idea on how to send a
12 | broadcast to the switch with nothing setup in /etc/conf.d/net ?
13 |
14 I think the simplest way is to add "ifconfig eth0 up" in
15 /etc/conf.d/local.start.
16 It's quite a specific situation, I don't know if it's worth to put in
17 default scripts.
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19 Marko
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Re: [gentoo-dev] net.eth0 without an IP addy Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@×××.org>