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Date:      Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:03:41 -0500
From:      Jim Pingle <lists@pingle.org>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>
Subject:   Re: Possible regression in ifconfig under7.0 - removes	validdefault route
Message-ID:  <4921EA3D.4010409@pingle.org>
In-Reply-To: <20081117211153.GA39851@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <89DE4FDF67DC40AE88477897DF4CD0E7@multiplay.co.uk>	<20081117200250.GA38619@icarus.home.lan>	<4E2AB11167C143D6948D2BEEDBCA8512@multiplay.co.uk> <20081117211153.GA39851@icarus.home.lan>

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Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> Summary: confirmed.  Above two tests show that even if changing the IP
> to something else within the same network block, the default route is
> removed and not put back.
> 
> This is pretty major, if you ask me.

I've encountered similar issues before, and typically just added ";
/etc/rc.d/routing restart" or "&& /etc/rc.d/routing restart" after the
ifconfig statement just to be safe.

Typically I had adjusted rc.conf, then used "/etc/rc.d/netif restart;
/etc/rc.d/routing restart"

Jim




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