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From: Gary Jackson <garyj@wam.umd.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Networking on campus...
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 11:05:14 -0400
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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On Sat, 9 Sep 1995, Stan King wrote:
> In article <Pine.ULT.3.91.950907180905.455A-100000@rac6.wam.umd.edu> you write:
> >I managed to track down the point where everything is stopping:
> >
> > ifconfig ${ifn} ${ifconfig_args}
> >
> >in netstart.
> >
> >${ifn} = de0
> >${ifconfig_args} = inet 129.2.156.64 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast
> >129.2.157.255
>
> Don't you need the word "up" there somewhere?
The interface is supposed to go "up" when the first address is set.
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