Re: "ifconfig -vlandev" syntax

From: Bernd Walter (ticso_at_cicely12.cicely.de)
Date: 09/28/05

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    Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:57:42 +0200
To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>

    On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 02:32:41PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
    > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 12:54:33AM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:
    > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 11:08:25PM +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Also, you can't set both the vlan and IP address information:
    > > > leeloo# ifconfig vlan14 vlan 14 vlandev fxp0 inet W.X.Y.Z netmask 255.255.255.0
    > > > ifconfig: inet: bad value
    > > >
    > > > As a result of this, the only way to create vlans from rc.conf seems to
    > > > be in two stages, by renaming the interface:
    > > >
    > > > cloned_interfaces="vlan14"
    > > > ifconfig_vlan14="vlan 14 vlandev fxp0 name somename"
    > > > ifconfig_somename="inet W.X.Y.Z netmask 255.255.255.0"
    > >
    > > The follwing always worked for me, no need to rename:
    > > cloned_interfaces="vlan1"
    > > ifconfig_vlan1="inet 1.2.3.4/29 vlan 1 vlandev fxp0"
    >
    > Indeed, the address assignment arguments should precede other
    > parameters to ifconfig(8). I think this is evident from the syntax
    > shown on the manpage.
    >
    > > What doesn't work is this:
    > > ifconfig_vlan1_alias0="1.2.3.4/32"
    > > I had to configure them by a selfdone script.
    >
    > Adding aliases on vlanX this way has been working for me. Could
    > you check if prepending the "inet" keyword before the address changes
    > anything? I prefer to specify address family explicitly in my
    > rc.conf files. E.g.:
    >
    > ifconfig_vlan1_alias0="inet 1.2.3.4/32"

    Sorry, but the configuration is used on a production machine that
    I can't do tests on. 

    -- 
B.Walter                   BWCT                http://www.bwct.de
bernd@bwct.de                                  info@bwct.de
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