I have this ... > > lo="lo 127.0.0.1" > INTERFACES=(lo) > > in your /etc/rc.conf (this really isn't port specific) but may be kde-network configuration utility, has add this line at bottom of my rc.conf hostname=. defaultrouter=192.168.1.1 network_interfaces="eth1 eth0" ifconfig_eth1="dhcp ssid NETGEAR" ifconfig_eth0=dhcp