From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jan 7 16:16:00 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BC87149727B for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 16:16:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from mx32.harte-lyne.ca (mx32.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx32.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7FE096BC4A for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 16:15:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from mx32.harte-lyne.ca (unknown [127.0.32.1]) by mx32.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id F333F1BE25 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 11:15:58 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from mx32.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.32.1]) by mx32.harte-lyne.ca (mx32.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.32.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wJImYgn4ysLc for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 11:15:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (mx32.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx32.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 306851BE1A for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 11:15:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 11:15:56 -0500 Message-ID: <1e5a2c5bdc65f1cf8e2c5d12d6cec983.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: References: <1a466d730772d5ceb62ddfb204c92db5.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 11:15:56 -0500 Subject: Re: FreeBSD-11.2 routing and networks From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.23 [SVN] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 7FE096BC4A X-Spamd-Bar: -------- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-8.46 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca]; RBL_COMPOSITE_RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED_DWL_DNSWL_LOW(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:216.185.71.0/26]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[harte-lyne.ca:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[harte-lyne.ca,quarantine]; HAS_X_PRIO_THREE(0.00)[3]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[32.71.185.216.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.4.2]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: mx32.harte-lyne.ca]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:12021, ipnet:216.185.64.0/20, country:CA]; IP_SCORE(-3.78)[ip: (-9.91), ipnet: 216.185.64.0/20(-4.95), asn: 12021(-3.96), country: CA(-0.09)]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[harte-lyne.ca:s=dkim_hll]; RCVD_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(0.00)[harte-lyne.ca.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.4.1]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.97)[-0.968,0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:16:00 -0000 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? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3