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 ?

Solution 1

in /etc/rc.conf:

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

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

Solution 2

Another way to do the same thing:

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

Comments

[Revo]

It can also be done without directly editing the file, via sysrc ifconfig_em0=inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 255.255.255.0. sysrc` is a built-in tool in FreeBSD specifically designed to add/remove entries from the /etc/rc.conf file.

[user3405291]

There is no sysinstall on FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE

[grove]

I am using FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p10 and when I run the command I am getting unknown variable error.