static ip configuration

[c00kiemon5ter]

One can use dhcpcd to request and get a static ip. A eth0-static service would be nice to do that.

I have a branch where I tested such a service and works fine.

This would mean that some variables would need to be configured on /etc/rc.conf. I guess we'd need INTERFACE (or unconditionally eth0) ADDRESS NETMASK GATEWAY BROADCAST and NAMESERVER (?) for such a simple configuration.

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If not dhcpcd, ip could be used to achieve a static ip configuration, like:

ip link set dev "$INTERFACE" up &&
ip addr add "${ADDRESS}/${NETMASK}" broadcast "$BROADCAST" dev "$INTERFACE" &&
ip route add default via "$GATEWAY"

ofcourse ip would exit once it's done its job, so it's not very suitable here, but it can be used in /etc/rc.local (for anyone wanting this if this is rejected).

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So, that's the idea. I am not sure it's worth it. Configuring in /etc/rc.local should work fine too.

[leahneukirchen]

On some machines, we have been using a script akin to:

ip link set eth0 up
ip addr add XXX dev eth0
ip route add default via XXX
ip -6 route add XXX via XXX mtu XXX
exec pause

Not sure anyone still uses the rc.conf variables. But we could ship something like this as an example.

[leahneukirchen]

Also, one should set the interface down in a finish task.