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

2005-08-31 Thread Pavel Jordák
On 31 Srpen 2005, 11:02, Ewald Jenisch napsal(a): > > Hi, > > 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

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

2005-08-31 Thread Ewald Jenisch
On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 01:36:32PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Try "up" (lowercase) instead. > Thanks much for the hint! This absolutely does the trick - now I've got "all my interfaces" up ;-) Regards, -ewald ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.o

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

2005-08-31 Thread Rein Kadastik
Thanks, the answer was just too simple for me to figure it out by myself :) Rein Ewald Jenisch wrote: On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 02:41:45PM +0300, Rein Kadastik wrote: Excuse me for a silly question, but what the hell is UP? I know, what is IP, I know how ifconfig works, but wtf is UP?

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

2005-08-31 Thread Ewald Jenisch
On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 02:41:45PM +0300, Rein Kadastik wrote: > Excuse me for a silly question, but what the hell is UP? I know, what is > IP, I know how ifconfig works, but wtf is UP? > UP is the state of the interface. You can set an IF up/down to enable/disable the IF. Current state of an in

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

2005-08-31 Thread Rein Kadastik
Excuse me for a silly question, but what the hell is UP? I know, what is IP, I know how ifconfig works, but wtf is UP? Rein Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2005-08-31 11:02, Ewald Jenisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm looking for a way to set an interface UP using /etc/rc.conf without giving

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

2005-08-31 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-08-31 11:02, Ewald Jenisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 (a

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

2005-08-31 Thread Ewald Jenisch
Hi, 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