Bonno Bloksma <[email protected]> wrote: > I routinely add or remove ip addresses from an interface without having > to bring the physical interface up or down.
Me too. (Well, not routinely, but quite comfortably. It's very convenient when needing to talk to a new device that's got a default initial address on a completely different subnet.) > iface eth0 inet static > [...] > up ip addr add 217.114.99.206/27 broadcast 217.114.99.223 dev eth0 I have very similar lines in my interfaces file :-) Regards, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

