ifconfig.if(5)
- NetBSD Manual Pages
IFCONFIG.IF(5) NetBSD File Formats Manual IFCONFIG.IF(5)
NAME
ifconfig.if -- interface-specific configuration files
DESCRIPTION
The ifconfig.if files contain information regarding the configuration of
each network interface. ifconfig.if is processed by /etc/rc.d/network at
system boot time.
One file should exist for each interface that is to be configured, such
as /etc/ifconfig.fxp0. The file will get evaluated only if the interface
exists on the system. Multiple lines can be placed in a file, and will
be evaluated sequentially.
Normally, a line will be evaluated as command line arguments to
ifconfig(8). ``ifconfig if'' will be prepended on evaluation.
If a line is empty, or starts with `#', the line will be ignored as com-
ment.
If a line starts with `!', the rest of line will get evaluated as shell
script fragment. Shell variables declared in /etc/rc.d/network are
accessible. The most useful variable is $int, as it will be bound to the
interface being configured with the file.
For example, the following illustrates static interface configuration:
# IPv4, with an alias
inet 10.0.1.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 100baseTX
inet 10.0.1.13 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias
# let us have IPv6 address on this interface
inet6 2001:db8::1 prefixlen 64 alias
# have subnet router anycast address too
inet6 2001:db8:: prefixlen 64 alias anycast
The following illustrates dynamic configuration setup with dhclient(8)
and rtsol(8):
up
# autoconfigure IPv4 address
!dhclient $int
# autoconfigure IPv6 address. Be sure to set $ip6mode to autohost.
!rtsol $int
The following example is for dynamically-created pseudo interfaces like
gif(4):
up
# configure IPv6 default route toward the interface
!route add -inet6 default ::1
!route change -inet6 default -ifp $int
Earlier versions of /etc/rc.d/network required an explicit `create' com-
mand for such interfaces. This is now handled automatically.
FILES
/etc/rc.d/network
SEE ALSO
rc.conf(5), ifconfig(8)
NetBSD 4.0 November 24, 2005 NetBSD 4.0
Powered by man-cgi (2024-03-20).
Maintained for NetBSD
by Kimmo Suominen.
Based on man-cgi by Panagiotis Christias.