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 Message-ID: <CALCpEUFs74jZ69gCm-1bwGMKZFdkBas2VdR8x1JHAVzFtWSpBA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CALCpEUE5-HgupRc9VfU4W2B4d07mO9ceTiX05SfQCeA_GXDcOQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALCpEUE5-HgupRc9VfU4W2B4d07mO9ceTiX05SfQCeA_GXDcOQ@mail.gmail.com>
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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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