Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:36:32 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.conf - setting interface UP without IP-address? Message-ID: <20050831103632.GC47091@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20050831090245.GA3534@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20050831090245.GA3534@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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On 2005-08-31 11:02, Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> wrote: > I'm looking for a way to set an interface UP using /etc/rc.conf > without giving the interface an IP-address (i.e. neither static nor > DHCP) > > Background: The machine in question has three Ethernet-IFs - one > connects to the LAN (and has an IP-address) the other two are used for > monitoring traffic via ethereal only. For security reasons I don't > want to assign IP-addresses to the two "ethereal-only" interfaces - > but I need them "UP". > > Sure enough I can "up" these interfaces manually but I want them up at > boot-time. > > I've tried with entries like e.g. > > ifconfig_fxp1="" > ifconfig_fxp1="UP" > > in my /etc/rc.conf - none of these work. Try "up" (lowercase) instead.
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