How to set static IP address on the FreeBSD machine?

Question

I have a FreeBSD machine running on a virtual machine. I am using SUN Virtual Box. I need to set static IP address to this machine. So that I can access this machine. Is there anyway to do this ?

Answer 1

in /etc/rc.conf:

ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.0.1"

192.168.0.254 -- the machine IP, 192.168.0.1 -- gateway
These settings in rc.conf are looked up in the boot process.
If you'd like to set ip manually, run:

ifconfig em0 inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 255.255.255.0
route delete default; route add default 192.168.0.1

Answer 2

Another way to do the same thing:

• run "sysinstall" as root
• "configure"
• "networking"
• "interfaces"
• Now choose you interface and configure it.