How to disable at-boot configuration of a network interface but permit manual use of rc.d?

[Niki Denev]

Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> There are some conditions to the task given by the subject:
> 
> 1: The interface must be present at boot.
> 2: Use of /etc/rc.d scripts to start and stop the interface is
> desirable.
> 
> The first condition poses no problem, just don't include the relevant
> ifconfig_ifn line in /etc/rc.conf and the interface won't be configured.
> But rc.d/dhclient and rc.d/netif won't work without an ifconfig line for
> the interface.
> 
> Adding the ifconfig line and then listing every interface but the one I
> want configured in network_interfaces does prevent it from being
> configured at boot while having an ifconfig line in rc.conf, but if I
> try to use rc.d/netif to start the interface, rc.d/netif does nothing
> because it tests the interface against the contents of
> network_interfaces and cloned_interfaces, so the interface I left out
> will be excluded.
> 
> Have I overlooked an option somewhere?
> 

Hi,

What happens if you configure the interface in 'down' state, like :

ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 down"

P.S.: Just an idea, never tried it :)

--niki