From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 03:52:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D173C16A417 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:52:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bhuvaneswari.ramkumar@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BE9013C461 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:52:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bhuvaneswari.ramkumar@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so2202105fgg.35 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:52:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=1S4BBvxj/POWH+hNRLba+x6spg4NZkNKL9z1beg3rA8=; b=VXYaK1rZw6tdvhmvlP0GR7fg599G9aY+FFAEqIx9TL+NQnoiz531tG8LkwqirnOWwLmTp5Rzj8MMJxzq9BPdukNMSRv8cv/M0Ob8QaxGkfAlS5IEFQIlGTIPtrMwCn63U/aPebs/nNa3/WQHZ2nvIKbBTWItQ6fFcWR38IB2BV8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=D3uMMHG9Xl53aUfwXAXnRfRLL0ma/6QUB66jm5WhnfKI745G+3KWWWsWYe6zmI9wQtRn8lBROUZu85p/8QE/wcglLYhBgP9TfGF0ivZdHteEOlEngHid8/fAeWojLez2TwwPviLvSqLJ1mLZO9JIVkzvbcZ9j3PbZo5kOOd1HQs= Received: by 10.86.3.4 with SMTP id 4mr5961201fgc.55.1201578752973; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:52:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.96.13 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:52:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7c7927920801281952i67df2bb2s424b283d262cbc1f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:52:32 -0500 From: "Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar" Sender: bhuvaneswari.ramkumar@gmail.com To: "Giorgos Keramidas" In-Reply-To: <20080129034031.GA92229@kobe.laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7c7927920801281329n609abb8ah63a18f1afb56099d@mail.gmail.com> <20080128214202.GO41095@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> <7c7927920801281518h5adfb91dta827fcae39ebc09a@mail.gmail.com> <20080129010633.GA6442@kobe.laptop> <7c7927920801281810o17d39136qbc49b8c2ea44719@mail.gmail.com> <7c7927920801281803r87b733epb6788f93e6ac512d@mail.gmail.com> <20080129023722.GA23798@kobe.laptop> <7c7927920801281933y421b9d52ua5c19f0bbb046f39@mail.gmail.com> <20080129034031.GA92229@kobe.laptop> X-Google-Sender-Auth: f3a1b6b858f614f3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:52:34 -0000 ok down works but delete dosent I guess the 1st one is for disabling the plip interface and the second for completely removing it , or let me know if I'm getting this wrong here. ifconfig: 10ctl(SIOCDIFADDR) : cant assign requested address is this bcos of the down I did before this command ? once again, thanks for helping out. Sincerely, Bhuvana On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Giorgos Keramidas < keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On 2008-01-28 22:33, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote: > > Giorgos, > > > > Thanks a lot for the excellent reply, yes I do have some questions about > > this but before that: > > > > the unplumb operation for pilp0 doesnt work. > > > > ifconfig: SIOCIFDESTROY: Invalid argument > > > > is the message I get for this. > > Ok, it should be sufficient to delete the assigned address from plip0: > > # ifconfig plip0 down > # ifconfig plip0 delete > > Sorry for that; I don't use plip these days, and I couldn't test it :/ > >