Yes, that is possible. You need to put a file with the following name in /etc: start_if.<ifname>
If you do a quick / in vi after loading rc.network, you'll see that it looks for such a file during the initialization of the interfaces. hope this helps r -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 13:30:10 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: set of ethernet adress on boot To: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In the last episode (Jun 07), Adam Maas said: > > > +-- Moritz Fromwald [freebsd] [06-06-03 20:32 +0200]: > > > | Is it possible to set the ethernet adress automatically at boot time > > > before | dhclient attempts to contact a DHCP? | thx & regards | | > > > moritz fromwald > > > yes. btw, why r u running dhclient if u r using static > > > ip? > > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"