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From: jpdavid@netcom.com (hockey fan)
Subject: adding IP to netstart w/o rebooting
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Organization: Alcoholics Anomalous
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:39:23 GMT
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Hi,

I was wondering if you can add an ip address to the netstart (ifconfig),
without rebooting? It isn't a big deal to reboot, but I have had this
box up for 194 days (since upgrading from 2.0 to 2.1), and hate to
break the streak. :)

jk
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