Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:41:03 +0100 From: "lucian@lastdot.org" <lucian@lastdot.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: range of IPs in rc.conf Message-ID: <49D8A6DF.1060805@lastdot.org> In-Reply-To: <49D8A3D9.30000@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <49D89A2B.30906@lastdot.org> <4ad871310904050522h1483d1f7lbddd504fb9f5f9e4@mail.gmail.com> <49D8A3D9.30000@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > Glen Barber wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 7:46 AM, lucian@lastdot.org >> <lucian@lastdot.org> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I need to use around 30 IPs on a freebsd 7 machine. Is there a way to >>> avoid >>> adding 30 lines of aliases in rc.conf? On RedHat/Centos I use this >>> trick: >>> http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/RangeOfIpsOnEthx >>> >> >> You could create a customized rc file (I personally use rc.local) >> which will be run at boot. You could then use #!/bin/sh and a 'for' >> loop to create the devices. >> >> IMHO, this solution is a lot uglier than 30 extra lines in rc.conf. >> > > If this is a contiguous range of IPs, then use the ipv4_addrs_ifN > construct, which you can read all about in rc.conf(5). Eg: > > ipv4_addrs_em0="192.168.64.33-63/24" > > Cheers, > > Matthew > Wow, great, that's what I was looking for! Thanks much, guys!
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