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Date:      Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:02:09 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Michael Goodman <mgoodman@BTBOCES.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.ORG
Subject:   Re: start interface without IP address in rc.conf
Message-ID:  <20040219220209.GH380@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <s034e7ed.060@main-ec-srv4.btboces.org>
References:  <s034e7ed.060@main-ec-srv4.btboces.org>

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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?=20

Should be something along the lines of:

	ifconfig_dc0=3D"up"

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

	ifconfig_dc0=3D"DHCP"

instead.

Ceri

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