Stickies Today : How to change IP address on FreeBSD

Posted July 14th, 2007 by Perk1z

1) Use ifconfig command as follows:
ifconfig interface inet IP
Example(s):
ifconfig lnc0 inet 202.54.1.22
Note lnc0 is Ethernet interface name can be Obtained using ifconfig -a command.
2) To setup up ip permanently open file /etc/rc.conf ; add/modify network entries:
vi /etc/rc.conf
And setup values as follows:
hostname=”fbsdx.test.com”
ifconfig_lnc0=”inet 192.168.0.6 netmask 255.255.255.0″
Note ifconfig_lnc0 is Ethernet interface name can be Obtained using [...]

Tags: FreeBSD, IP address