Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 09:55:35 -0600 From: Alex Long <alex.long@hostek.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Default gateway lost after netif restart Message-ID: <52BC5177.70903@hostek.com>
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I am new to FreeBSD so I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this. But there is a flaw in the logic regarding restart of the netif service. I understand that after restarting the netif service, you have to manually restart the routing service. The problem is that if you are configuring a machine remotely and you have to restart the netif service for whatever reason, your defaut gateway is lost, thus preventing you from restarting the routing service and you lose connectivity to the machine. Now I get around this by creating a shell script that does both and just executing that script. This works but it is sloppy in my opinion. It does not makes sense to restart a network service and lose ANY network functionality (i.e. your routes) once it comes back up. Regards, Alex Long
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