How to bring up interface without address?

[Kurt Buff]

Your first line has a typo - it should be:

     ifconfig_em1=""

but I've used this in /etc/rc.conf

     ifconfig_em1="up"

to ensure that it's available.

Kurt



On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Lev Serebryakov <lev at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hello Freebsd-net,
>
>   I have "em1" interface which is container for several vlans, but it doesn't
> need any special configuration and it doesn't need IPv4 or IPv6 address.
>
>  If I write this in /etc/rc.conf:
>
> ifconifg_em1=""
> vlans_em1="isp1 isp2"
> create_args_isp1="vlan 10"
> create_args_isp2="vlan 20"
>
> ifconfig_isp1="DHCP"
> ifconfig_isp2="DHCP"
>
>
>  Startup script will not bring em1 UP automatically. So, I need some no-op
> option for ifconifg_em1 variable. What should I use?
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  Lev                          mailto:lev at FreeBSD.org
>
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