Add the contents of the ifconfig line minus the ifconfig and device
parts to /etc/ifconfig.<device>

Example, if I have an ethernet card using the ne0 driver, with IP address
of 192.168.0.2, and a netmask of 255.255.255.0, and I called:
 /sbin/ifconfig ne0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
I could add the following to /etc/ifconfig.ne0:
 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0

Hope this helps,
Jared


On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, faisal wrote:

> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 19:44:06 -0700
> From: faisal <faisal_gillani@flashmail.com>
> To: port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: binding ips to NIC
> 
> how can i bind an ip to an ethernet card permenantly
> right now i have to apply ifconfig comand when ever i start netbsd up.? 
> 
>