Re: if_vlan subinterfaces at boot

Brooks Davis wrote:
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 08:27:47PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote:
Is there any way to create, and assign addresses to a if_vlan sub-interface (eg: em6.3) via rc.conf at boot?
Sorry for the noise...

cloned_interfaces="em6.3"
ifconfig_em6.3="inet x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x"

...seems to be the job.

Almost. '.' isn't a valid character in a shell variable. We support '.' by
converting it into _ in shell variables so it should be:

cloned_interfaces="em6.3"
ifconfig_em6_3="inet x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x"

Thanks Brooks for the feedback.

I was just about to do a reboot with my config before I caught your message. I'll update the config and run with it.

While perusing the 'net in order to try to find a solution prior to posting, I came across a couple of other posts (I can't remember if it was specific to this list) in which the recommendation appeared to be incorrect for this exact setup I desired (ie: the recommendation failed miserably).

I'll post back with the results in case anyone else here has been interested in 'Cisco style' (as I for some reason refer to them as) sub-ints on FreeBSD.

Steve

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