Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:43:53 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig won't allow me to change ether address and inet address in the same command Message-ID: <200810211243.53844.fjwcash@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d3ea75b30810211148l798ee274s77081b12962d15f4@mail.gmail.com> References: <d3ea75b30810211148l798ee274s77081b12962d15f4@mail.gmail.com>
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On October 21, 2008 11:48 am Eduardo Meyer wrote: > Please, follow: > > # ifconfig rl0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3 inet 192.168.2.12 netmask > 255.255.255.0 ifconfig: can't set link-level netmask or broadcast > > # ifconfig rl0 inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 ether > 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3 ifconfig: ether: bad value > > # ifconfig rl0 inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 > # ifconfig rl0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3 > > I ask you some help, how can I accomplish both tasks with rc_ng? In > /etc/rc.conf > > ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 ether > 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3" You can split it across two ifconfig lines using the alias feature in rc.conf: ifconfig_rl0="ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3" ifconfig_rl0_alias0="inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0" We use something similar for setting interface options and vlans separate from adding IPs to the interface. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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