From owner-freebsd-questions  Mon Jun 10  3: 4:14 2002
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19DDA37B414
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 03:03:55 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za)
	by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1)
	id 17HM2O-000Dfm-00
	for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:04:36 +0200
From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject: ifconfig: How to assign address without bringing iface up
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:04:36 +0200
Message-ID: <52561.1023703476@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
List-ID: <freebsd-questions.FreeBSD.ORG>
List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive)
List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions)
List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-questions>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-questions>
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG


Hi folks,

Is there some ifconfig(8) trick I'm missing that will allow me to assign
an address and some aliases to an interface without bringing the
interface up?

I'm working on a redundant firewall system for a customer and if I can't
get this right with ifconfig(8), I'm in for a bit of messy scripting.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message