hello,

in case there is a "dhcp" in hostname.if(5), netstart does
the following:

cmd="ifconfig $if $name $mask $bcaddr $ext1 $ext2 down"
cmd="$cmd;dhclient $if"

in my case if have /etc/hostname.ath0 like:

up nwid openwlan
dhcp

the interface comes up within the network "openwlan"
and then is brought down before dhclient is started.
so i see nice "ath0: no link .......... sleeping" upon
the system startup.

what is the reason to bring an interface down in case of
dhcp? google is not clear on this one...

thanks!

p.s. the system is -current.