start interface without IP address in rc.conf

Ceri Davies ceri at submonkey.net
Thu Feb 19 14:02:12 PST 2004


On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 04:44:11PM -0500, Michael Goodman wrote:
> How do you start an interface in rc.conf without and IP address? 

Should be something along the lines of:

	ifconfig_dc0="up"

If you actually want the interface to try and acquire an IP address with
DHCP, then use:

	ifconfig_dc0="DHCP"

instead.

Ceri

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