Re: rc.conf - setting interface UP without IP-address?

From: Giorgos Keramidas (keramida_at_ceid.upatras.gr)
Date: 08/31/05

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To: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>

    On 2005-08-31 11:02, Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> wrote:
    > I'm looking for a way to set an interface UP using /etc/rc.conf
    > without giving the interface an IP-address (i.e. neither static nor
    > DHCP)
    >
    > Background: The machine in question has three Ethernet-IFs - one
    > connects to the LAN (and has an IP-address) the other two are used for
    > monitoring traffic via ethereal only. For security reasons I don't
    > want to assign IP-addresses to the two "ethereal-only" interfaces -
    > but I need them "UP".
    >
    > Sure enough I can "up" these interfaces manually but I want them up at
    > boot-time.
    >
    > I've tried with entries like e.g.
    >
    > ifconfig_fxp1=""
    > ifconfig_fxp1="UP"
    >
    > in my /etc/rc.conf - none of these work.

    Try "up" (lowercase) instead.

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