Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:53:52 +0300 From: Rein Kadastik <wigry@uninet.ee> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.conf - setting interface UP without IP-address? Message-ID: <43159A50.6050307@uninet.ee> In-Reply-To: <20050831114019.GB3511@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20050831090245.GA3534@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20050831103632.GC47091@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <43159779.30509@uninet.ee> <20050831114019.GB3511@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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Thanks, the answer was just too simple for me to figure it out by myself :) Rein Ewald Jenisch wrote: >On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 02:41:45PM +0300, Rein Kadastik wrote: > > >>Excuse me for a silly question, but what the hell is UP? I know, what is >>IP, I know how ifconfig works, but wtf is UP? >> >> >> > >UP is the state of the interface. You can set an IF up/down to >enable/disable the IF. Current state of an interface can be seen with >ifconfig, e.g. > >fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > ^^ > >Normally an interface is automatically taken up when you give it an >IP-address. > >-ewald > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >__________ NOD32 1.1205 (20050830) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com > > > > >
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