Solved Why do I need inet in rc.conf

[Phishfry]

I have a /etc/rc.conf like this:

ifconfig_lagg0="up laggproto roundrobin laggport cxl0 laggport cxl1 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
ifconfig_em1="inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"

Why do I need 'inet' for em1 static ip setting but not lagg0.

I really don't understand what inet does here.

 

[Phishfry]

The manpage for ifconfig(8) gives some insight.

address_family
The default if available is "inet".

So if I you don't specify "address family" it chooses inet by default it would appear.

 

[a6h]

lagg(4) is a pseudo-device, like lo(4) and vlan(4), i.e. they are not physical.