net rc.conf bug?

[Allan Jude]

On 2015-03-19 20:20, rank1seeker at gmail.com wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:15:57 -0400
> Allan Jude <allanjude at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 2015-03-19 18:06, rank1seeker at gmail.com wrote:
>>> 10.1-RELEASE-p6 i386
>>>
>>> /etc/rc.conf
>>> ----
>>> # TO DO: Setting ether as prefix OR suffix to inet, WON'T set IP to
>>> NIC ifconfig_em0="inet 10.232.191.1/22"
>>> ----
>>>
>>> Can someone confirm?
>>> This nuked PF, which in turn disbled NAT, which in turn ...
>>> :P
>>>
>>>
>>> Domagoj S.
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>>
>> Not sure what you are asking.
>> ifconfig_em1=" inet 94.100.23.178/29"
>> ifconfig_em1_alias0=" inet 94.100.23.179/32"
>>
>> works prefectly fine for me
>>
> 
> Of course it does, as it doesn't have 'ether' specified.
> Try this:
> 
> ifconfig_em1="ether 00:90:99:8f:da:6f inet 94.100.23.178/29"
>   and/or
> ifconfig_em1="inet 94.100.23.178/29 ether 00:90:99:8f:da:6f"
> 
> 
> While this should work:
> ifconfig_em1="ether 00:90:99:8f:da:6f DHCP"
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that specifically sets the MAC address. not sure why that would be required.

-- 
Allan Jude

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