Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:33:01 -0700 From: hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com> To: Eugene Grosbein <egrosbein@rdtc.ru> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use of network_interfaces in rc.conf Message-ID: <CALCpEUG1fOA687BiYOre-7ou1k-zKs0iLYmk2dDJVt5JwhTJEQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F607EDF.4010505@rdtc.ru> References: <CALCpEUE5-HgupRc9VfU4W2B4d07mO9ceTiX05SfQCeA_GXDcOQ@mail.gmail.com> <CALCpEUFs74jZ69gCm-1bwGMKZFdkBas2VdR8x1JHAVzFtWSpBA@mail.gmail.com> <D3ACECC5-598B-4679-A76F-7FDD2780BAFF@mac.com> <CALCpEUHywOyDqabNkuRhmZE0o2iCMWTyt%2BAW5GXEu7HdZRgrwg@mail.gmail.com> <4F607EDF.4010505@rdtc.ru>
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Eugene Grosbein <egrosbein@rdtc.ru> wrote: > 14.03.2012 13:19, hiren panchasara =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > > Thanks Chuck for getting back. I have a question inlined: > > > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > > > >> On Mar 13, 2012, at 10:18 PM, hiren panchasara wrote: > >>>> What difference does it make when I have each (separately) in my > >> rc.conf: > >>>> > >>>> 1) no network_interfaces at all > >>>> 2) network_interfaces=3D"AUTO" > >> > >> These two are the same. > >> > > Okay. So, if my system has 4 interfaces: em0, iwn0, fwp0, wlan0 > > > > Does the above mean following? > > > > ifconfig_em0=3D"AUTO" > > ifconfig_iwn0=3D"AUTO" > > ifconfig_fwp0=3D"AUTO" > > ifconfig_wlan0=3D"AUTO" > > No. > > network_interfaces is basically historic rudiment > used in 2.2.x FreeBSD version and alike. > > In general, you should not use it in modern version at all. > Thanks Eugene. So, the only way to specify boottime configuration (that survives reboots) for an interface in rc.conf is: ifconfig_em0=3D"dhcp" ? Thanks, Hiren
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