[How To] Change or set new IP address in FreeBSD

lc-root | February 2, 2012 | How To | No Comments

Use ifconfig -a command to get names of Ethernet interfaces
```
ifconfig -a
```
Use ifconfig command to set temporary IP address (till rebooting system).
```
ifconfig re0 inet 202.54.1.22
```
To setup IP address permanently open file /etc/rc.conf, then add or modify network information:
```
vim /etc/rc.conf
```
example:
```
hostname="www.example.com"
ifconfig_re0="inet 192.168.10.10 netmask 255.255.250.0"
```
Run the /etc/netstart script.
```
./etc/netstart
```

re0 is Ethernet interface name, obtained by ifconfig -a command.