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Date:      Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:12:22 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Mark Blackman <mark.blackman@netscalibur.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin/28833: ifconfig if0 netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.0 doesn't change the netmask
Message-ID:  <20010717141222.B82317@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <200107170819.JAA41860@mailhost2.dircon.co.uk>; from mark.blackman@netscalibur.co.uk on Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:19:56AM %2B0100
References:  <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> <200107170819.JAA41860@mailhost2.dircon.co.uk>

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On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:19:56AM +0100, Mark Blackman wrote:
> 
> nope, would you like me to try this patch?
> 
> does this mean one could do netmask changes without losing
> the default route (unless the default route was outside the netmask)?
> 
Yes, it _changes_ the address of an interface, as opposed to "delete
old and add new" approach.  Unfortunately, I've just figured out that
the patch breaks configuration of P2P interfaces.  I will see if I
can fix this.


Cheers,
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