start interface without IP address in rc.conf

2004-02-19 Thread Michael Goodman
How do you start an interface in rc.conf without and IP address? Thanks. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: start interface without IP address in rc.conf

2004-02-19 Thread Ceri Davies
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 04:44:11PM -0500, Michael Goodman wrote: How do you start an interface in rc.conf without and IP address? Should be something along the lines of: ifconfig_dc0=up If you actually want the interface to try and acquire an IP address with DHCP, then use:

Re: start interface without IP address in rc.conf

2004-02-19 Thread Chuck Swiger
Michael Goodman wrote: How do you start an interface in rc.conf without and IP address? Thanks. If you don't provide an ifconfig entry for the interface in /etc/rc.conf, it will not be configured with an IP address. If you meant, How do you automaticly configure a network interface using a