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Date:      Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:10:46 +0530 (IST)
From:      Hiren Mehta <hiren@tagore.wipinfo.soft.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   problem with network
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.3.93.980706140025.186A-100000@tagore>

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Hi,

I Installed freebsd on my system. When ifconfig is run to bring the
network up, I get the following message :

ifconfig: ioctl(SIOCAIFADDR) destination address required.

What can be the problem ? How to fix this problem ?

The following is the /etc/rc.conf file on my system.

---------------------------- /etc/rc.conf ------------------------
#!/bin/sh
#

# This is rc.conf - a file full of useful variables that you can set 
# to change the default startup behavior of your system.
#
# All arguments must be in double or single quotes.
#
#	$Id: rc.conf,v 1.1.2.40 1998/03/15 16:39:41 jkh Exp $

##############################################################
### Important initial Boot-time options  #####################
##############################################################

swapfile="NO"		# Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired.
apm_enable="NO"		# Set to YES if you want APM enabled.
pccard_enable="NO"	# Set to YES if you want to configure PCCARD devices.
pccard_mem="DEFAULT"	# If pccard_enable=YES, this is card memory address.
pccard_ifconfig="NO"	# Specialized pccard ethernet configuration (or NO).
local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d"	# startup script dirs.


##############################################################
###  Network configuration sub-section  ######################
##############################################################

### Basic network options: ###
hostname="bsdtest.wipinfo.soft.net"	# Set this!
nisdomainname="NO"		# Set to NIS domain if using NIS (or NO).
firewall_enable="NO"		# Set to YES to enable firewall functionality
firewall_type="UNKNOWN"		# Firewall type (see /etc/rc.firewall)
firewall_quiet="NO"		# Set to YES to suppress rule display
tcp_extensions="YES"		# Allow RFC1323 & RFC1644 extensions (or NO).
network_interfaces="lp0 lo0"	# List of network interfaces (lo0 is loopback).
ifconfig_lp0="inet 192.9.205.90  netmask 255.255.255.0"
ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"	# default loopback device configuration.
#ifconfig_lo0_alias0="inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff" # Sample alias entry.

### Network daemon (miscellaneous) & NFS options: ###
syslogd_enable="YES"		# Run syslog daemon (or NO).
syslogd_flags=""		# Flags to syslogd (if enabled).
inetd_enable="YES"		# Run the network daemon dispatcher (or NO).
inetd_flags=""			# Optional flags to inetd.
named_enable="NO"		# Run named, the DNS server (or NO).
named_program="/usr/sbin/named"	# named program, in case we want bind8 instead.
named_flags="-b /etc/namedb/named.boot" # Flags to named (if enabled).
kerberos_server_enable="NO"	# Run a kerberos master server (or NO).
kadmind_server_enable="NO"	# Run kadmind (or NO) -- do not run on
				# a slave kerberos server
kerberos_stash=""		# Is the kerberos master key stashed?
rwhod_enable="NO"		# Run the rwho daemon (or NO).
amd_enable="NO"			# Run amd service with $amd_flags (or NO).
amd_flags="NO"
nfs_client_enable="NO"		# This host is an NFS client (or NO).
nfs_client_flags="-n 4"		# Flags to nfsiod (if enabled).
nfs_server_enable="NO"		# This host is an NFS server (or NO).
nfs_server_flags="-u -t 4"	# Flags to nfsd (if enabled).
mountd_flags="-r"		# Flags to mountd (if NFS server enabled).
nfs_reserved_port_only="NO"	# Provide NFS only on secure port (or NO).
rpc_lockd_enable="NO"		# Run NFS rpc.lockd (*broken!*) if nfs_server.
rpc_statd_enable="YES"		# Run NFS rpc.statd if nfs_server (or NO).
portmap_enable="YES"		# Run the portmapper service (or NO).
portmap_flags=""		# Flags to portmap (if enabled).
rarpd_enable="NO"		# Run rarpd (or NO).
rarpd_flags=""			# Flags to rarpd.
xtend_enable="NO"		# Run the X-10 power controller daemon.
xtend_flags=""			# Flags to xtend (if enabled).

### Network Time Services options: ###
timed_enable="NO"		# Run the time daemon (or NO).
timed_flags=""			# Flags to timed (if enabled).
ntpdate_enable="NO"		# Run the ntpdate to sync time (or NO).
ntpdate_flags=""		# Flags to ntpdate (if enabled).
xntpd_enable="NO"		# Run xntpd Network Time Protocol (or NO).
xntpd_flags=""			# Flags to xntpd (if enabled).
tickadj_enable="NO"		# Run tickadj (or NO).
tickadj_flags="-Aq"		# Flags to tickadj (if enabled).

# Network Information Services (NIS) options: ###
nis_client_enable="NO"		# We're an NIS client (or NO).
nis_client_flags=""		# Flags to ypbind (if enabled).
nis_ypset_enable="NO"		# Run ypset at boot time (or NO).
nis_ypset_flags=""		# Flags to ypset (if enabled).
nis_server_enable="NO"		# We're an NIS server (or NO).
nis_server_flags=""		# Flags to ypserv (if enabled).
nis_ypxfrd_enable="NO"		# Run rpc.ypxfrd at boot time (or NO).
nis_ypxfrd_flags=""		# Flags to rpc.ypxfrd (if enabled).
nis_yppasswdd_enable="NO"	# Run rpc.yppasswdd at boot time (or NO).
nis_yppasswdd_flags=""		# Flags to rpc.yppasswdd (if enabled).

### Network routing options: ###
defaultrouter="192.9.205.44"		# Set to default gateway (or NO).
static_routes=""		# Set to static route list (or leave empty).
gateway_enable="NO"		# Set to YES if this host will be a gateway.
router_enable="NO"		# Set to YES to enable a routing daemon.
router="routed"			# Name of routing daemon to use if enabled.
router_flags="-q"		# Flags for routing daemon.
mrouted_enable="NO"		# Do multicast routing (see /etc/mrouted.conf).
mrouted_flags=""		# Flags for multicast routing daemon.
ipxgateway_enable="NO"		# Set to YES to enable IPX routing.
ipxrouted_enable="NO"		# Set to YES to run the IPX routing daemon.
ipxrouted_flags=""		# Flags for IPX routing daemon.
arpproxy_all=""			# replaces obsolete kernel option ARP_PROXYALL.
forward_sourceroute="NO"	# do source routing (only if gateway_enable is set to "YES")
accept_sourceroute="NO"		# accept source routed packets to us


##############################################################
###  System console options  #################################
##############################################################

keymap="NO"		# keymap in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* (or NO).
keyrate="NO"		# keyboard rate to: slow, normal, fast (or NO).
keybell="NO"		# bell to duration.pitch or normal or visual (or NO).
keychange="NO"		# function keys default values (or NO).
cursor="NO"		# cursor type {normal|blink|destructive} (or NO).
scrnmap="NO"		# screen map in /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/* (or NO).
font8x16="NO"		# font 8x16 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
font8x14="NO"		# font 8x14 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
font8x8="NO"		# font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
blanktime="NO"		# blank time (in seconds) or "NO" to turn it off.
saver="NO"		# screen saver: blank/daemon/green/snake/star/NO.
moused_enable="NO"	# Run the mouse daemon.
moused_type="auto"	# See man page for rc.conf(5) for available settings.
moused_port="/dev/psm0" # Set to your mouse port.
moused_flags="-3 -r medium-high"		# Any additional flags to moused.


##############################################################
###  Miscellaneous administrative options  ###################
##############################################################

cron_enable="YES"	# Run the periodic job daemon.
lpd_enable="NO"		# Run the line printer daemon.
lpd_flags=""		# Flags to lpd (if enabled).
sendmail_enable="YES"	# Run the sendmail daemon (or NO).
sendmail_flags="-bd -q30m" # -bd is pretty mandatory.
dumpdev="NO"		# Device name to crashdump to (if enabled).
check_quotas="NO"	# Check quotas (or NO).
accounting_enable="NO"	# Turn on process accounting (or NO).
ibcs2_enable="NO"	# Ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
linux_enable="NO"	# Linux emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
rand_irqs="NO"		# Stir the entropy pool (like "5 11" or NO).
clear_tmp_enable="NO"	# Clear /tmp at startup.
ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib" # shared library search paths

##############################################################
### Allow local configuration override at the very end here ##
##############################################################
if [ -f /etc/rc.conf.local ]; then
	. /etc/rc.conf.local
fi
----------------------------end of /etc/rc.conf ---------------

Thanks
Hiren


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