Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:41:45 +0300 From: Rein Kadastik <wigry@uninet.ee> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.conf - setting interface UP without IP-address? Message-ID: <43159779.30509@uninet.ee> In-Reply-To: <20050831103632.GC47091@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <20050831090245.GA3534@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20050831103632.GC47091@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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Excuse me for a silly question, but what the hell is UP? I know, what is IP, I know how ifconfig works, but wtf is UP? Rein Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >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. > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >__________ NOD32 1.1205 (20050830) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com > > > > >
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