Chris Davies wrote: > Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > I routinely add or remove ip addresses from an interface without having > > to bring the physical interface up or down. > > Me too. (Well, not routinely, but quite comfortably. It's very convenient > when needing to talk to a new device that's got a default initial address > on a completely different subnet.)
I hate to post a "me too" but I decided I would call this out as one of the reasons like the up/down hooks for adding additional IP addresses over the new-style multiple iface sections style. Because almost certainly when I am adding a new IP address I will be doing some tweaking and debugging and I would like to be able to add just that IP on the fly with no strings attached. In this case I mean no system state held by ifupdown as to the interface status. Even if other people think it is ugly I think it is beautiful and elegant. "Me too." There, I said it. :-) Bob
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