Initial Setup

edit /etc/rc.conf to add ip aliases in the form:

ifconfig_fxp0_alias03D"inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.255"
ifconfig_fxp0_alias13D"inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.255"

or manually with:

ifconfig ep0 inet 192.168.57.10 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias
ifconfig ep0 inet 192.168.57.10 -alias

pkg_add -r screen #cpu spin loop when running screen(!), use ports

Use ports to install ifstat, net-snmp, sudo, zsh, nmap, mtr, screen, w3m, lynx, curl, wget

create /etc/ntp.conf in the form

peer 128.115.14.97

enable ntpdate at boot and ntpd by adding this to /etc/rc.conf:

ntpdate_enable3D"YES"
xntpd_enable3D"YES"

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