Off the top of my head I don't know of another OS that does this. But yes agreed changing that behavior would probably effect a lot of people in a negative way at this point.
Not to mention script breakage. But a tunable in the stack somewhere would be awesome to change this behavior. Either interface specific or global or both. Sometimes installing a new faucet you don't want the water to run until all the nuts, bolts and washers are installed. -- Jason Hellenthal Inbox: jhellent...@dataix.net Voice: +1 (616) 953-0176 JJH48-ARIN On Jun 16, 2013, at 12:50, Jack Vogel <jfvo...@gmail.com> wrote: > How is adding a small token 'down' with the command a 'PITA', > seems completely reasonable to me? Further, if you changed it > so if didn't bring the interface up you'd probably have a bunch of > people complain because that was the expected behavior :) > > Jack > > > > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Jason Hellenthal <jhellent...@dataix.net> > wrote: >> Seconded. >> >> But to answer you must specify "down" with every command. >> >> ifconfig wlan0 inet ipa.ddr.her.e/24 down >> >> It's a PITA >> >> -- >> Jason Hellenthal >> Inbox: jhellent...@dataix.net >> Voice: +1 (616) 953-0176 >> JJH48-ARIN >> >> >> On Jun 16, 2013, at 3:48, Adrian Chadd <adr...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> > That'd actually be nice to have. I've noticed this with wifi and it's >> > irritating. >> > >> > >> > adrian >> > >> > On 15 June 2013 23:59, h bagade <baga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I want to know if there is any way to change the current freebsd behavior >> >> when setting interface ip address. In current method, when assigning ip >> >> address to an interface, the interface is set to UP. I need not allowing >> >> this change to be done! If an interface is in down state, setting ip >> >> address doesn't change its sate. >> >> >> >> I'm ready to hear your ideas on my question and what's the pros and cons >> >> of >> >> the change I'm going to make. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >> >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ >> > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >
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