Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 08:54:52 +0930 From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, j balan <jbalan@proscouting.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Startup Message-ID: <20011017085452.A16064@plug.cx> In-Reply-To: <20011016124220.A727@straylight.oblivion.bg>; from roam@ringlet.net on Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 12:42:20PM %2B0300 References: <200110152116.f9FLGsL51934@proscouting.com> <20011015162221.B8674@dan.emsphone.com> <20011016100105.D12238@plug.cx> <20011015212017.B73961@dan.emsphone.com> <20011016140837.C12702@plug.cx> <20011016124220.A727@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 12:42:20PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > > ifconfig xxx inet 1.2.3.4 alias
> >
> > Oh, for sure. That's what I, and the majority of the community, do
> > now. I think that it's not particularly convenient if you want to
> > restart the network if you've got 3 or 4 network interfaces.
>
> Are you aware of the existence of /etc/netstart? I wasn't, until
> very recently :)
Looking at /etc/netstart, it just seems to be a wrapper to
network_pass1(). What it doesn't cater for is shutting down all or
individual interfaces via a common, slightly simpler interface;
restarting one or all interfaces via said interface.
/etc/netstart doesn't seem to be much use other than at boot time.
- andrew
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