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Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 - Network operations result in <IP> <MASK>: not
	found?
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Is that behaviour actually documented anywhere?

-E-

Mark Andrews wrote:
>>in rc.conf:
>>
>>ifconfig_fxp0=         "inet <ip1>  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> 
> 
> Which says execute the '"inet <ip1>  netmask 255.255.255.0"' command
> with ifconfig_fxp0 envirioment variable set to the empty string.
> 
> ifconfig_fxp0="inet <ip1>  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> 
> is the correct syntax for setting ifconfig_fxp0 to
> "inet <ip1>  netmask 255.255.255.0"