How to reinitialize an interface


I am looking for a way to flush IP addresses, particularly IPv6, from an interface and have it repeat the initialization process that the interface goes through on boot, including IPv6 autoconfig. The "service network restart" in Linux seems to do this.

I have tried network_ipv6, netif, ifconfig and a few odd and ends from Google, but no joy so far.

This is just for testing, rebooting between test cases is getting a bit tedious. freeBSD is 6.2.

cheers,
Tony

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Tony Coon
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