Re: [9fans] [9front] DHCP not working on usb ethernet dongle

["Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>]

Its not the same problem, but just in case it helps,
adding a second usb ether adapter onto a raspberry pi,
which runs the labs distro not 9front.

I need to add
	ether1=type=usb
to cmdline.txt

and then add the following to /cfg/$sysname/termrc

	if(! ~ `{cat '#l1/ether1/addr'} 000000000000){
		echo ether1: present
		bind -b '#l1' /net.alt
		bind -b '#I1' /net.alt
		ip/ipconfig -x /net.alt ether /net.alt/ether1
		ndb/cs -x /net.alt
		ndb/dns -x /net.alt -r
	}
	if not {
		echo ether1: missing
	}

this worked seamlessly once I got a supported, and reliable ethernet dongle.
I tried a couple of chinese ones but settled on an apple one which is well
manufactured (perhaps I was just unlucky).

All kudos to Richard Miller who helped me through this.

-Steve