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From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org>
To: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br>
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Subject: Re: bin/108758: ifconfig $nic mac associates wrong IP/mask address
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On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 08:20:26PM +0000, JoaoBR wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR bin/108758; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br>
> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, joao@matik.com.br
> Cc:  
> Subject: Re: bin/108758: ifconfig $nic mac associates wrong IP/mask address
> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:53:36 -0200
> 
>  as you say,  so long as www.freebsd.org exists or is in the host file
>  
>  "mac" do *NOT*  exist so where does the IP and MASK come from, ifconfig sho=
>  uld=20
>  return an error here but does not.
>  
>  =2D-=20
>  
>  Jo=E3o
>  
>  

It does on my system: ifconfig em1 mac: mac not known (you pasted the message
yourself as well). What happends then is that my interface keeps having the
same IP address as it had before I tried changing the address to ''mac''.

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