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Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Possible regression in ifconfig under7.0 - removes	validdefault
 route
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Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> Summary: confirmed.  Above two tests show that even if changing the IP
> to something else within the same network block, the default route is
> removed and not put back.
> 
> This is pretty major, if you ask me.

I've encountered similar issues before, and typically just added ";
/etc/rc.d/routing restart" or "&& /etc/rc.d/routing restart" after the
ifconfig statement just to be safe.

Typically I had adjusted rc.conf, then used "/etc/rc.d/netif restart;
/etc/rc.d/routing restart"

Jim