NAME

setifaddr − set network interface address

SYNTAX

/etc/setifaddr interface address

DESCRIPTION

The setifaddr command assigns a network address to a network interface. It must be used at boot time to define the network address of each interface present on a machine.  It may also be used at a later time to redefine an interface’s address.  The interface parameter is a string of the form name unit, for example ‘en0’, while the address is either a host name present in the host name data base, hosts(,), or a DARPA Internet address expressed in the Internet standard dot notation.

DIAGNOSTICS

Messages indicating the specified interface does not exit, the requested address is unknown. 

SEE ALSO

intro(4n), rc(8)

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