> ip/ipconfig -g ip ether /net/ether0 ip 255.255.255.255 don't you want something along the lines of (untested)
ip/ipconfig -g $localip ether add /net/ether1 $localip /96
? older versions of ipconfig are very bad at reporting errors,
so "ip" is probablly parsed as as the ip 0.0.0.0 (aka ::).
- erik
