Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 11:15:56 -0500 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-11.2 routing and networks Message-ID: <1e5a2c5bdc65f1cf8e2c5d12d6cec983.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <CAAdA2WOmxwN=JQw0=9X8KeVqbEWaMaMKv3gNHNhyE4SbR737uw@mail.gmail.com> References: <1a466d730772d5ceb62ddfb204c92db5.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <CAAdA2WOmxwN=JQw0=9X8KeVqbEWaMaMKv3gNHNhyE4SbR737uw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, January 7, 2019 11:06, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 19:01, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions <
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> I am working on a FreeBSD-11.2p17 host where I must change the IP
>> address and gateway frequently to carry out tests. Following making
>> such changes I have tried resetting the network interfaces and
>> routing tables by use of the command:
>>
>> service netif restart && service routing restart &
>>
>> However, I have discovered that this does not have the desired
>> effect and I am reduced to restarting the host system to make
>> such changes.
>>
>> Is there something else I should be doing?
>>
>>
> When you are physically on the machine's console, this is easy:
> Assume your interface is called em0
>
>
> ifconfig em0 down
> ifconfig em0 inet n.n.n.n netmask z.z.z.z up
> route add default y.y.y.y
>
> Then run your tests.
> When you reboot, the IP/MASK/ROUTE specified in rc.conf takes effect
>
As it happens, for the moment this case is true, I do have console
access. However, the configuration testing that I am doing locally
will need to be applied to a remote host at some point, and the
console will not be an option. Is there no way to make FreeBSD reset
the network connection and routing tables remotely?
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