Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 08:22:13 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: "lucian@lastdot.org" <lucian@lastdot.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: range of IPs in rc.conf Message-ID: <4ad871310904050522h1483d1f7lbddd504fb9f5f9e4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49D89A2B.30906@lastdot.org> References: <49D89A2B.30906@lastdot.org>
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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. -- Glen Barber
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