Use of network_interfaces in rc.conf

[Eugene Grosbein]

14.03.2012 13:19, hiren panchasara пишет:
> Thanks Chuck for getting back. I have a question inlined:
> 
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2012, at 10:18 PM, hiren panchasara wrote:
>>>> What difference does it make when I have each (separately) in my
>> rc.conf:
>>>>
>>>> 1) no network_interfaces at all
>>>> 2) network_interfaces="AUTO"
>>
>> These two are the same.
>>
> Okay. So, if my system has 4 interfaces: em0, iwn0, fwp0, wlan0
> 
> Does the above mean following?
> 
> ifconfig_em0="AUTO"
> ifconfig_iwn0="AUTO"
> ifconfig_fwp0="AUTO"
> ifconfig_wlan0="AUTO"

No.

network_interfaces is basically historic rudiment
used in 2.2.x FreeBSD version and alike.

In general, you should not use it in modern version at all.

Eugene Grosbein