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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chris Hodgins
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:39 AM
> To: Jerry McAllister
> Cc: questions@freebsd.org; Ted Mittelstaedt; Jason D. Montgomery
> Subject: Re: Documentation Error?
> 
> 
> man rc.conf and search for "network_interfaces".  The reason it still 
> works is that if you do a simple test with your ifconfig both:
> 
> ifconfig wi0 192.168.0.6
> ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.6
> 
> ....work as you would expect.
> 

I think /stand/sysinstall sets the alias interfaces up with the "inet"

Ted