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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:35:23 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
To:        pcollins@ocsny.com (Pete Collins)
Cc:        jwg@netbox.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ifconfig
Message-ID:  <199901271935.NAA07914@horton.iaces.com>
In-Reply-To: <36AF2169.BC275CB2@ocsny.com> from Pete Collins at "Jan 27, 99 02:23:37 pm"

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In a previous message, Pete Collins said:
> i have a similar problem that has been buggin me for the longest time
> 
> here is my rc.conf example for ip#000.000.00.00:
> 
> ifconfig_vx0_alias22="inet 000.000.00.00  netmask 0xffffffc0" #test
> 
> how could i get this to work from the command line??
> 
> this would be an amazing help because everytime i add a new ip alias i
> reboot
> 
> thanks
> 
> pete

If your asking how to add an alias w/out rebooting, I think it's:

ifconfig vx0 inet 000.000.00.00 netmask 0xffffffc0 up




> 
> "Paul T. Root" wrote:
> 
> > Since your ethernet was already running, it's always a good idea
> > to set the port down first.
> >
> > Interestingly, you can should be able to do that in one command as
> > the code is sequential in operation. I.E.
> >
> > ifconfig ex0 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmaske yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy down up
> >
> > should have done what you want.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > In a previous message, Jeff Gray said:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Running 2.2.6.
> > >
> > > Yesterday my cable modem folks decided I needed to have a different IP
> > > address.  No biggie in theory.  As root ran
> > > ifconfig ex0  inet xxx.xx.xxx.xx   netmask yyy.yy.yy.yy up
> > >
> > > checked via ifconfig -a and it looked fine.
> > > However, I was not connected to the net.  No way.
> > >
> > > So, I edited /etc/rc.conf and rebooted and all was fine.
> > >
> > > My question is:  shouldn't ifconfig have worked as above without
> > > rebooting, or did I leave a step off?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > jeff
> > >
> > >
> > >
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