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Listing 1. Startup Sequence for Various Networking Components

# depmod -a configures dependancies for modules
depmod -a

# modprobe loads the module specified
/sbin/modprobe eep10pci

# ifconfig sets up the interfaces
ifconfig eth0 
ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.1

# route configures packet routing
route add 
route add default gw 
route add -net 192.168.1.0 eth1
route add 192.168.1.2 eth1
route add 192.168.1.3 eth1

# ipfwadm sets up firewalling/forwarding rules
ipfwadm -F -p deny
ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0