From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 23:06:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C6A916A4D4 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:06:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B986443D36 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:04:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBAN5XIu001041; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:05:33 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=permerror; spf=permerror X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk kBAN5XIu001041 Message-ID: <457C92B7.5040502@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:05:27 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061110) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karl Sinn References: <200612102300.39424.news@budostore.de> In-Reply-To: <200612102300.39424.news@budostore.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig1711ACC06795F77B640464BA" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:05:43 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/2314/Sun Dec 10 20:02:13 2006 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Networkdevice configuration: reboot necessary? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:06:34 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1711ACC06795F77B640464BA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Karl Sinn wrote: > I went on with the configuration of my first FreeBSD computer. And I fo= und=20 > something amazing: >=20 > After the configuration of the network device with sysinstall the netwo= rk did=20 > not work immediately. > In the handbook it is written to reboot after configuration. Hmmm... sysinstall will usually prompt you to bring up a network interfac= e after you've filled out the appropriate menu stuff. =20 What sysinstall is doing behind the scenes is rewriting the settings in /etc/rc.conf. As you've discovered, that only has any effect when runnin= g the scripts in /etc/rc.d (or /usr/local/etc/rc.d) -- ie. generally when rebooting. In fact, what sysinstall does is append new settings to the end of rc.conf, confusingly leaving the old ones still at the top of the file. You would be well advised (for the sake of your own sanity, if nothing else) to learn how to edit rc.conf directly to make such configuration changes, plus keep the file trimmed of old entries and extraneous fluff. > Is this really necessary?=20 > Is there no other way to change the configuration without turning of th= e=20 > computer? Of course there is. You just run ifconfig from the command line, like you would with any other unix system. Of course, that pre-supposes you know what to put onto the ifconfig command line: the ifconfig(8) manual page is a good place to start. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig1711ACC06795F77B640464BA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFFfJK98Mjk52CukIwRCGddAJ9JusP5r0KBFHtQCRWqVjvqsgYmygCXWWl1 NKzdbxdLJrABXtfoywXovw== =Doew -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1711ACC06795F77B640464BA--