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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!bofh.dot!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Changed IP addresses. Sysconfig won't ifconfig 1st interface Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 21:43:53 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 37 Message-ID: <31B3BF09.17C4@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4ov3hf$rc8@nadine.teleport.com> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I) Blake Swensen wrote: > > Because of some problems I was having on my system, my ISP asked me to change > the ip addresses on my network. > > After doing so, I cannot get both interfaces to ifconfig correctly: > > In sysconfig I have the following: > network_interfaces="lo0 ix0 ed0" > ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost" > ifconfig_ix0="inet 204.119.59.163 netmask 255.255.255.240" > ifconfig_ed0="inet 204.119.59.162 netmask 255.255.255.240" > > No matter what I do, the first interface (ix0 or ed0) gets the file exists > error on reboot-- if I switch the order, putting ed0 first, ed0 fails. If I > put ix0 first, ix0 fails. I have tried swapping the addressed, but the same > thing happends. > > I can manually configure the failed interface after boot is complete. And I > can also add the failed ifconfig command in rc.local and it configures > correctly. Can someone please explain this mystery, and how to fix? > > Peace, > Blake Strange. I often get "File exists" messages either at bootup or when my system dials/redials my ISP. However, in spite of such messages, the configuration has nevertheless taken place. After bootup but without trying to reconfigure, try running an ifconfig -a and see what gets reported for each interface. It may be working better than you thought. Ken