From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 25 00:25:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C65106564A for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:25:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D2528FC14 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:25:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mAP0PgD8034749; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:25:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 6hBWfZCE+Q3K; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:25:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (ezekiel.daleco.biz [66.76.92.18]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mAP0PZ63034744; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:25:36 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <492B45FF.1030206@daleco.biz> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:25:35 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080719 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Price References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:25:44 -0000 Mike Price wrote: > How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg? Hmm, I'm not sure what you are asking, *exactly*, because dmesg(8) simply prints the collected messages given by the OS kernel beginning with the most recent boot-up. However, and I think maybe I'm correct in this guess, if you are asking how to make the system remember the IP address for an interface "across a reboot", try adding a line like this to the file /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_xl0="192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" where "xl0" is the name of the interface. You can read the manpage for ifconfig(8) ("man ifconfig") and possible the manpage for rc.conf(5) for more information. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Many hands make light work. -- John Heywood