Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 00:37:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: mike@tric.tomsk.gov.ru, dougb@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/40322: ifconfig fails to set both mac and ip address with a single command Message-ID: <200207080737.g687bxb1038997@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: ifconfig fails to set both mac and ip address with a single command
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The man page describes why this is true:
SYNOPSIS
ifconfig [-L] [-m] interface [create] [address_family]
...
Both ether and inet are considered "address families" for this purpose.
If this is confusing to you, feel free to follow up on freebsd-questions.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=40322
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