Some of this is redundant with Determine the current TCP--IP settings on a system. In the book, these sections are next to each other. So maybe first show how to see settings. And second section cover how to set. --reed
Notes from Jacob K:
hosts: host name database (/etc/hosts)
Modify TCP/IP settings:
Temporarily:
Permanently: set variables in rc.conf
""hostname="host.example.com" ""network_interfaces="fxp0 lo0" ""defaultrouter="10.1.1.254" ""ifconfig_fxp0="inet 10.1.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
or
""ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"