On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Xiamin Raahauge wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, Richard UNGER wrote:
> > I have a few problems:
> > 1) dhclient 'zaps' my setup for ae0. I have a ifconfig.ae0 file, and 
> > netstart configures it correctly on boot-up. When I run dhclient from 
> > netstart.local it always 'zeroes' my config for ae0. The man page for 
> > dhclient claims if I invoke 'dhclient <if-name>' it will only configure 
> > the interface specified with dhcp.
> Ok, this one I know about. The rest I'm shakey on, although I have an
> almost identicle setup.
> Here's the gross hack to fix this problem: Add this to the top of
> /etc/dhclient-script
> 
> #Hack to avoid working with ae0.
> if [ $interface = "ae0" ]; then
>   exit 0
> fi
> 
> This makes the script exit if it tires to work with ae0. I know the man
> pages says that giving the name will make it only work with that name, but
> dhclient has a bug with regards to that. ;)

Quick question. Have you sent in a pr on this?

Take care,

Bill