> viewing ifconfig shows the new address. HOWEVER, pinging 100.1.1.99, the
> freebsd machine sends out 100.1.1.1, the OLD address.
>
> Is this cached/saved somewhere and not getting cleaned up?
in the routing table, apparently. If you do a "route -n get"
for the destination address you see the
Wierdness in 4.2.
Scenario:
interface fxp0 has address 100.1.1.1. Use it with this address for awhile.
decide to change it to 100.1.1.5. do:
ifconfig fxp0 delete 100.1.1.1
ifconfig fxp0 100.1.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0
viewing ifconfig shows the new address. HOWEVER, pinging 100.1.1.99, the
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