Desired behaviour of "ifconfig -alias"

[Joerg Pernfuss]

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:18:54 -0300
JoaoBR <joao at matik.com.br> wrote:

> I believe the problem here is that
> 
> ifconfig_nic="inet IP"
> ifconfig_nic="ether MAC"
> 
> does not work on one line and does not work on two either, the latter 
> overrides and or you get an IP address with original MAC or you get a
> new MAC without IP.

Yes, you have to put 'ifconfig nic ether MAC' in /etc/start_if.nic
for this to work afair. Same approach you need to set WEP etc on a
wireless nic if you have ifconfig_nic="DHCP" in your rc.conf.

	Joerg
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