From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 20 11:42:22 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA05187 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:42:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from tsi.gte.com ([205.174.176.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA05182 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:42:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from g07.tsi.gte.com ([205.174.179.141]) by tsi.gte.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA28193; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:43:48 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:43:48 -0500 Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19961220144212.3daf2f0e@uhuru.tsi.gte.com> X-Sender: smorris@uhuru.tsi.gte.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Lance From: Scott Morris Subject: Re: Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk lance, Put it in /etc/sysconfig under the netconfig section, mine looks like: ifconfig_ed1="inet 205.174.179.74 netmask 255.255.255.192" I'm on 2-1.5R. Hope this helps. At 11:33 AM 12/20/96 -0700, you wrote: >Hi, there: > >My freebsd PC is connected to our intranet. When I root the system and login >as root, >I execute the command 'ifconfig ed1' to check its IP address and didn't find >it. So >I execute something like 'ifconfig ed1 179.208.33.1' to assign it an IP >address. Now >I am able to ping other machines from this PC and I can ping it from other >machines >too. However, when I shut it down and reboot the machine, its IP address is >lost. > >What I am wondering is that how could I avoiding this manually IP address >assignment >everytime when I root the system? Could I put it into some configuration file? > > >Appreciate your help! > > >Lance > >lancez@accessld.com > > > > ____________ Scott Morris GTE Telecommunication Services smorris@tsi.gte.com 813-273-3917 *** My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. ***