Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:27:29 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Eugene Grosbein <egrosbein@rdtc.ru> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Use of network_interfaces in rc.conf Message-ID: <CAN6yY1vwN2vYjSU4%2BHbOiTKPPA2UArYd7Ex1J43q9OZMxXkxkw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F61769B.2040809@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> <CALCpEUG1fOA687BiYOre-7ou1k-zKs0iLYmk2dDJVt5JwhTJEQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F61769B.2040809@rdtc.ru>
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2012/3/14 Eugene Grosbein <egrosbein@rdtc.ru>: > 15.03.2012 06:33, hiren panchasara ΠΙΫΕΤ: > >> 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="dhcp" ? > > Yes, thats what man rc.conf says. Minor correction, but the man page says 'ifconfig_em0="DHCP". It may not be case sensitive, but I have always uded CAPS like the man page specifies. Also, I usually end up specifying SYNCDHCP to avoid having something else that requires network starting before the interface is configured. Of course, ifconfig_* may have any valid ifconfig argument in it, but remember the rc.conf is shell, so you must put all of the definition in a single statement. You can't do: ifconfig_em0="DHCP" ifconfig_em0="mediaopt half-duplex" That will not do DHCP, so hte interface will not come up. Of course, you can concatinate a second entry to the first using normal sh syntax. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.comhome | help
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