configuration script?

[Jeffry Killen]

On May 15, 2015, at 7:43 PM, Doug Hardie wrote:

>
>> On 15 May 2015, at 18:47, Jeffry Killen <jekillen at prodigy.net> wrote:
>>
>> In the past when I installed from cds ordered from FreeBSD mall,  
>> there
>> was a lot of software I could add after the installation process was
>> concluded. I did not see that here. Is that what the "Live Cd" is  
>> all about.
>> (I have been browsing the  handbook and haven't found anything
>> revealing in this respect)
>
> I normally reboot the system and get it running on the newly  
> installed system and then add ports.
>
>> When there are two or more network interfaces that have names
>> like en0, en1... etc. How do I tell which physical port is used by  
>> which
>> network device? When there are only two, it is easy to switch back  
>> and
>> fourth and look at ifconfig output, and do pinging for hosts on the
>> same networks. In this case at least one will be used for internet  
>> connectivity
>> via DHCP to dsl/modem, and another will be connected with manual  
>> address
>> to local network. If I have a cable plugged into the wrong socket,  
>> things can
>> get confusing for me and the system.
>
> The easy way to identify the ports is to use a switch and connect  
> one cable from the switch to one port.  Then run “ifconfig” and see  
> which port is “UP”.  Then label the jack.  Move on to the next and  
> so forth.
>
>>
>> This machine came with two built in networking interfaces & sockets  
>> (RJ45)
>> that were not supported by FreeBSD at the time. So I got two more  
>> interface
>> cards that did have driver support. That makes a total of four on  
>> this machine.
>> Is there a standard pattern for matching the physical port to the  
>> device name?
>
>
> The same procedure above should resolve this also.
>

Thanks for advice, info, etc
JK