How To Start & Stop Network & Routing Service in FreeBSD 5x, 6x, & 7x

Posted on May 12th, 2008 in FreeBSD by admin

FreeBSD is a Unix-like free operating system. You can install to choose third party software on FreeBSD from the Ports Collection. Many services such as POP3 server daemons, IMAP, etc. could be started using the inetd.

However, networking can be stop or started using special script located in /etc/rc.d/ directory. This directory includes script to stop or start network, and other services such as SSH server.