Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:19:59 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <egrosbein@rdtc.ru> To: hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use of network_interfaces in rc.conf Message-ID: <4F607EDF.4010505@rdtc.ru> In-Reply-To: <CALCpEUHywOyDqabNkuRhmZE0o2iCMWTyt%2BAW5GXEu7HdZRgrwg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALCpEUE5-HgupRc9VfU4W2B4d07mO9ceTiX05SfQCeA_GXDcOQ@mail.gmail.com> <CALCpEUFs74jZ69gCm-1bwGMKZFdkBas2VdR8x1JHAVzFtWSpBA@mail.gmail.com> <D3ACECC5-598B-4679-A76F-7FDD2780BAFF@mac.com> <CALCpEUHywOyDqabNkuRhmZE0o2iCMWTyt%2BAW5GXEu7HdZRgrwg@mail.gmail.com>
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14.03.2012 13:19, hiren panchasara пишет: > Thanks Chuck for getting back. I have a question inlined: > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > >> On Mar 13, 2012, at 10:18 PM, hiren panchasara wrote: >>>> What difference does it make when I have each (separately) in my >> rc.conf: >>>> >>>> 1) no network_interfaces at all >>>> 2) network_interfaces="AUTO" >> >> These two are the same. >> > Okay. So, if my system has 4 interfaces: em0, iwn0, fwp0, wlan0 > > Does the above mean following? > > ifconfig_em0="AUTO" > ifconfig_iwn0="AUTO" > ifconfig_fwp0="AUTO" > ifconfig_wlan0="AUTO" No. network_interfaces is basically historic rudiment used in 2.2.x FreeBSD version and alike. In general, you should not use it in modern version at all. Eugene Grosbein
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