Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:07:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Pavel =?iso-8859-2?Q?Jord=E1k?= <pavel.jordak@siemens.com> To: "Ewald Jenisch" <a@jenisch.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.conf - setting interface UP without IP-address? Message-ID: <39011.158.226.252.127.1125490063.squirrel@gw.anfdata.cz> In-Reply-To: <20050831090245.GA3534@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20050831090245.GA3534@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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On 31 Srpen 2005, 11:02, Ewald Jenisch napsal(a): > > Hi, > > 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. > > > > So what should I configure in /etc/rc.conf in order to get the > interfaces UP? > > BTW - ethereal only recognizes interfaces that are in the "UP" state. > > Thanks much in advance for any clue, > -ewald > Hi, Ewald, I'd try this: ifconfig_fxp1="inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.255" It's not exactly, what you ask for, but could help. I'm not able to test it now, it's only an idea... Pavel Jordak ANF DATA, Prague
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