From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 05:18:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 824F4106566B for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:18:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiren.panchasara@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 081128FC1E for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:18:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjc3 with SMTP id jc3so1326538bkc.13 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:18:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=CAeDBHnFbnNoSiE5a0+mZcnzHjM/e9mwWQukY2RabYM=; b=k/Wa7c/+Bz59OIz8WvnosZ8Nged0BmzK+K/FzC2xWh2HDCZMNryHLPxgiBi8HehO2l 890NxPySo1nJqFv4huY+tde1Xe/QCqM6f9ahQXwX+/zVYDPmdzlwqopIHWpJY2wh0owO lg6YVMRWrYK0Jetm3qo/v5aQdYEcCduG5Ircklafara717GmZJK+uNUSMIawhZU+csaG L5EqD/0ggwkzf0CqlNA5leDvaveACA34s3N/woosPiTvwAmxXqKogm/hbW7n5GKJagbl +62k1aWJ1csT1/aILmQEBUGlNtHdLgjvm6pdVjTpOcGe1+dgCvyrqKQT+oLVKo3qSCXf NZuA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.150.86 with SMTP id x22mr407317bkv.136.1331702337924; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.230.5 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.230.5 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:18:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:18:57 -0700 Message-ID: From: hiren panchasara To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Use of network_interfaces in rc.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:18:59 -0000 Can someone please help? :-) On Mar 12, 2012 9:04 AM, "hiren panchasara" wrote: > Looking at man rc.conf, > > network_interfaces > (str) Set to the list of network interfaces to configure > on > this host or =E2=80=9CAUTO=E2=80=9D (the default) for al= l current > interfaces. > Setting the network_interfaces variable to anything othe= r > than the default is deprecated. Interfaces that the > adminis=E2=80=90 > trator wishes to store configuration for, but not start = at > boot should be configured with the =E2=80=9CNOAUTO=E2=80= =9D keyword in > their > ifconfig_=E2=9F=A8interface=E2=9F=A9 variables as descri= bed below. > > For example, in my rc.conf I have > > ifconfig_em0=3D"dhcp" > > What difference does it make when I have each (separately) in my rc.conf: > > 1) no network_interfaces at all > 2) network_interfaces=3D"AUTO" > 3) network_interfaces=3D"em0" > 4) network_interfaces=3D"NOAUTO" > > It seems, all but 2 are deprecated. > > Thanks in advance, > Hiren >