Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:43:48 -0500 From: Scott Morris <smorris@tsi.gte.com> To: Lance <lancez@accessld.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19961220144212.3daf2f0e@uhuru.tsi.gte.com>
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lance,
Put it in /etc/sysconfig under the netconfig section, mine looks like:
ifconfig_ed1="inet 205.174.179.74 netmask 255.255.255.192"
I'm on 2-1.5R. Hope this helps.
At 11:33 AM 12/20/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi, there:
>
>My freebsd PC is connected to our intranet. When I root the system and login
>as root,
>I execute the command 'ifconfig ed1' to check its IP address and didn't find
>it. So
>I execute something like 'ifconfig ed1 179.208.33.1' to assign it an IP
>address. Now
>I am able to ping other machines from this PC and I can ping it from other
>machines
>too. However, when I shut it down and reboot the machine, its IP address is
>lost.
>
>What I am wondering is that how could I avoiding this manually IP address
>assignment
>everytime when I root the system? Could I put it into some configuration file?
>
>
>Appreciate your help!
>
>
>Lance
>
>lancez@accessld.com
>
>
>
>
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