Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:22:39 +0100 From: "Mark Blackman" <mark.blackman@netscalibur.co.uk> To: Mark Blackman <mark.blackman@netscalibur.co.uk>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/28833: ifconfig if0 netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.0 doesn't change the netmask Message-ID: <200107171122.MAA08522@mailhost2.dircon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Message from Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> of "Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:12:22 %2B0300." <20010717141222.B82317@sunbay.com>
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ok. I'll wait for updates. would you expect that 'ifconfig if0 netmask 255.255.255.0' would work (i.e. no explicit address/inet option). Thanks, - Mark > On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:19:56AM +0100, Mark Blackman wrote: > > > > nope, would you like me to try this patch? > > > > does this mean one could do netmask changes without losing > > the default route (unless the default route was outside the netmask)? > > > Yes, it _changes_ the address of an interface, as opposed to "delete > old and add new" approach. Unfortunately, I've just figured out that > the patch breaks configuration of P2P interfaces. I will see if I > can fix this. > > > Cheers, > -- > Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, > ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, > ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, > +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine > > http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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