Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:12:22 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mark Blackman <mark.blackman@netscalibur.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/28833: ifconfig if0 netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.0 doesn't change the netmask Message-ID: <20010717141222.B82317@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <200107170819.JAA41860@mailhost2.dircon.co.uk>; from mark.blackman@netscalibur.co.uk on Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:19:56AM %2B0100 References: <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> <200107170819.JAA41860@mailhost2.dircon.co.uk>
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:19:56AM +0100, Mark Blackman wrote: > > nope, would you like me to try this patch? > > does this mean one could do netmask changes without losing > the default route (unless the default route was outside the netmask)? > Yes, it _changes_ the address of an interface, as opposed to "delete old and add new" approach. Unfortunately, I've just figured out that the patch breaks configuration of P2P interfaces. I will see if I can fix this. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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