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Subject: Re: Use of network_interfaces in rc.conf
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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