rc.conf all you need. %ifconfig ------------------------------ rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 options=8<VLAN_MTU> inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 ether 00:0d:88:39:fa:5f media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active ------------------------------ #vi /etc/rc.conf ------------------------------ gateway_enable="YES" hostname="gateway.example.com" ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 255.255.255.0" ------------------------------ man rc.conf http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/