Re: Possible regression in ifconfig under7.0 - removes valid default route

2008-11-17 Thread Jo Rhett
This is a bug in my mind, but it's not a regression. FreeBSD has done this for at least 10 years now. If you are changing the IP of an interface, you *must* do a semicolon chained command to a route add default. It's been true for as long as I can remember. On Nov 17, 2008, at 11:11 AM,

Re: Possible regression in ifconfig under7.0 - removes valid default route

2008-11-17 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:11:50PM -, Steven Hartland wrote: > I believe there "may be" a regression in the behaviour of ifconfig or > possibly just something I've never experienced before. > > Basically when changing the IP of one of our machines, it suddenly > became inaccessible. After some

Possible regression in ifconfig under7.0 - removes valid default route

2008-11-17 Thread Steven Hartland
I believe there "may be" a regression in the behaviour of ifconfig or possibly just something I've never experienced before. Basically when changing the IP of one of our machines, it suddenly became inaccessible. After some investigation it turned out the machine was inaccessible from anything ot