From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed May 29 15: 1:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from kestrel.alerce.com (kestrel.alerce.com [209.182.207.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4252F37B408 for ; Wed, 29 May 2002 14:59:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rosebud.alerce.com (w092.z064001164.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.1.164.92]) by kestrel.alerce.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g4TLxhLZ081655 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 29 May 2002 14:59:44 -0700 (PDT)?g (envelope-from hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com)œ Received: from rosebud.alerce.com (rosebud.alerce.com [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by rosebud.alerce.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g4TLuV0V004938 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 29 May 2002 14:56:33 -0700 Received: (from hartzell@localhost) by rosebud.alerce.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) id g4TLuSsQ004934; Wed, 29 May 2002 14:56:28 -0700 From: George Hartzell MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15605.20108.605502.219635@rosebud.alerce.com> Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 14:56:28 -0700 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Help me translate a linux habit to a Freebsd 4.5-p5 laptop. X-Mailer: VM 6.99 under 21.4 (patch 5) "Civil Service" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com (George Hartzell) Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Under Redhat Linux 7.2, a network interface can be set up so that it isn't started when the machine boots, but rather when someone runs a command like: ifup eth0 If eth0 is config'ed with fixed addresses, it'll just set 'em, and if it's set up to use DHCP, it'll go set itself up appropriately. I find this handy with my laptop, since I'm frequently running around disconnected and having the interface down keeps me from having to wait while a bunch of stuff tries to use it. When I show up at some place w/ a cable, I just plug in, ifup, and away I go. When I'm done, ifdown eth0 and it drops the routes, removes the entries from /etc/resolv.conf, etc.... In this case (sony vaio 505je or hsk), it's a built in fxp0 interface. g. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message