Without this broadcast address is not set. broadcast= parameter can be empty. In this case the broadcast address is derived by setting all of the interface host bits to one (+). Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386@yahoo.com.ar> --- network | 2 +- rc.conf | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/network b/network index b8c900d..c2ad9ba 100755 --- a/network +++ b/network @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ network_up() { return 1 fi done - ip addr add $address/$netmask dev $interface || return 1 + ip addr add $address/$netmask broadcast ${broadcast:-+} dev $interface || return 1 ip route add default via $gateway || return 1 else dhcpcd $DHCPCD_ARGS $interface || return 1 diff --git a/rc.conf b/rc.conf index b9c468a..c17c48c 100644 --- a/rc.conf +++ b/rc.conf @@ -65,12 +65,14 @@ HOSTNAME="myhost" # - interface: name of device (required) # - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP) # - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP) +# - broadcast: broadcast address (ignored for DHCP) (optional) # - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP) # # Static IP example # interface=eth0 # address=192.168.0.2 # netmask=255.255.255.0 +# broadcast=192.168.0.255 # gateway=192.168.0.1 # # DHCP example @@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ HOSTNAME="myhost" interface= address= netmask= +broadcast= gateway= # Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown. -- 1.7.5.2