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Date:      Sun, 08 Dec 2002 00:34:54 +0100
From:      Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de>
To:        dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: new ethernetcard
Message-ID:  <3DF2859E.90600@liwing.de>
References:  <20021207231147.GA1228@nagual.st>

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dick hoogendijk wrote:
> When installing fbsd4.7 I had one ethernetcard in my machine. Now I want
> to put in another. In which file can I control the name and ip of this
> new card for booting. I looked into loader.conf and rc.conf but can't
> find how the card is checked or controled.
> 
> So, which file do I need to update after the installation of the new
> card?

Add a line like
'ifconfig_{dev-name}="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"'
to your /etc/rc.conf and read rc.conf(5) carefully.

Best Regards
Jens
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