Re: "ifconfig -vlandev" syntax

From: Yar Tikhiy (yar_at_comp.chem.msu.su)
Date: 09/28/05

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    Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:05:25 +0400
To: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de>

    On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:57:42PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:
    > 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.

    Just tested without "inet", and it still worked for me. 

    -- 
Yar
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