On Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 11:33:04AM +0100, Daniele B. wrote: > > Sorry Claudio, my fault. > > wiz# ifconfig reX hwfeatures > hwfeatures= [*] hardmtu 9194 > > by hostname.reX: > > wiz# nano /etc/hostname.reX: > inet 192.168.XXX.XXX 0xffffff00 mtu 9018
>From man hostname.if: Regular IPv4 network setup: inet [alias] addr netmask broadcast_addr options The third argument after "inet" is the broadcast address. You have "mtu", which isn't one, hence the error. Try adding "NONE" before "mtu": inet 192.168.XXX.XXX 0xffffff00 NONE mtu 9018 > ctrl+S; ctrl+X > > wiz# sh /etc/netstart > > ifconfig: mtu: bad value > > (same eventually at boot time) > > by shell or rc.local: > > wiz# ifconfig reX mtu 9018 > (accepted) > wiz# ifconfig reX > > reX: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 9018 > lladdr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > index 1 priority 0 llprio 3 > groups: egress > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT > full-duplex,master,rxpause,txpause) status: active inet > 192.168.XXX.XXX netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.XXX.XXX > > > == Daniele Bonini > > > Claudio Jeker <cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com> wrote: > > > Sorry this bug report lacks all important information. > > > > a) what is your hostame.mynicdevice contents > > b) where does the error pop up? neither netstart nor ifconfig contain > > the word "wrong" > > c) what interface are you playing with? > > > > So we can't help you. > --