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Date:      Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:18:57 -0700
From:      hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Use of network_interfaces in rc.conf
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Can someone please help? :-)
On Mar 12, 2012 9:04 AM, "hiren panchasara" <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Looking at man rc.conf,
>
>      network_interfaces
>                  (str) Set to the list of network interfaces to configure
> on
>                  this host or =E2=80=9CAUTO=E2=80=9D (the default) for al=
l current
> interfaces.
>                  Setting the network_interfaces variable to anything othe=
r
>                  than the default is deprecated.  Interfaces that the
> adminis=E2=80=90
>                  trator wishes to store configuration for, but not start =
at
>                  boot should be configured with the =E2=80=9CNOAUTO=E2=80=
=9D keyword in
> their
>                  ifconfig_=E2=9F=A8interface=E2=9F=A9 variables as descri=
bed below.
>
> For example, in my rc.conf I have
>
> ifconfig_em0=3D"dhcp"
>
> What difference does it make when I have each (separately) in my rc.conf:
>
> 1) no network_interfaces at all
> 2) network_interfaces=3D"AUTO"
> 3) network_interfaces=3D"em0"
> 4) network_interfaces=3D"NOAUTO"
>
> It seems, all but 2 are deprecated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Hiren
>



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