Re: [tlug] ifup gives "ifRTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument" error

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 01:49:04PM +0900, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> I was doing and ifdown, and then ifup with a bunch of line options ...
> 
> I meant to do ifdown, ifconfig then ifup, like so:
> 
> 
> # ifdown eth1
> # config eth1 10.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.1.1.255
> # ifup eth1
> 

I'm not familiar with the 'config' you are using.

If you use ifconfig to assign an address to an interface 'up'
is implied.

ifconfig eth1 10.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.1.1.255

> The man page for ifconfig don't state that it bring an interface up.

       up     This  flag  causes the interface to be activated. It is implic-
              itly specified if an address is assigned to the interface.


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