loopback creation at boot

Bruce Simpson bms at incunabulum.net
Wed Dec 17 02:49:48 PST 2008


Steve Bertrand wrote:
> ...
> Can anyone provide any feedback or procedural guidance on how I can (for
> example):
>
> - ensure that lo1, lo2-lo14 are created at boot
> - ensure that disc0 is created at boot, with an assigned IPv4 and IPv6
> address

You should be able to do this by putting them into the 
'cloned_interfaces' variable in rc.conf;
see the man page. Then configuring them should be as simple as using the 
usual rc.conf mechanisms.

cheers
BMS


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