Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:05:25 +0400 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> To: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Subject: Re: "ifconfig -vlandev" syntax Message-ID: <20050928110525.GF86457@comp.chem.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <20050928105742.GJ54923@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20050922104104.GA13539@comp.chem.msu.su> <20050925213741.GG15981@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <1127686105.23447.35.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <20050925225432.GH552@cicely12.cicely.de> <20050928103241.GC86457@comp.chem.msu.su> <20050928105742.GJ54923@cicely12.cicely.de>
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On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:57:42PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 02:32:41PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 12:54:33AM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 11:08:25PM +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > > > > > > > > Also, you can't set both the vlan and IP address information: > > > > leeloo# ifconfig vlan14 vlan 14 vlandev fxp0 inet W.X.Y.Z netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > > ifconfig: inet: bad value > > > > > > > > As a result of this, the only way to create vlans from rc.conf seems to > > > > be in two stages, by renaming the interface: > > > > > > > > cloned_interfaces="vlan14" > > > > ifconfig_vlan14="vlan 14 vlandev fxp0 name somename" > > > > ifconfig_somename="inet W.X.Y.Z netmask 255.255.255.0" > > > > > > The follwing always worked for me, no need to rename: > > > cloned_interfaces="vlan1" > > > ifconfig_vlan1="inet 1.2.3.4/29 vlan 1 vlandev fxp0" > > > > Indeed, the address assignment arguments should precede other > > parameters to ifconfig(8). I think this is evident from the syntax > > shown on the manpage. > > > > > What doesn't work is this: > > > ifconfig_vlan1_alias0="1.2.3.4/32" > > > I had to configure them by a selfdone script. > > > > Adding aliases on vlanX this way has been working for me. Could > > you check if prepending the "inet" keyword before the address changes > > anything? I prefer to specify address family explicitly in my > > rc.conf files. E.g.: > > > > ifconfig_vlan1_alias0="inet 1.2.3.4/32" > > Sorry, but the configuration is used on a production machine that > I can't do tests on. Just tested without "inet", and it still worked for me. -- Yar
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