Try dropping the 'inet' part.  =


-M

Steffen Liebstueckel wrote:
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> Hi Folks !
> I have a DEC 5000/125 where I=B4ve plugged in a PMAD-AA to Build up a
> firewall.
> I=B4ve netbsd 1.4.2 up.
> When I type in on a shell:
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> ifconfig le1 inet 172.20.52.124 broadcast 172.20.63.255 netmask
> 255.255.224.0
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> it works fine.
> ifconfig le1 says:
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> le1: flags=3D8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mt=
u
> 1500
>               media: Ethernet manual
>               status: no carrier
>                inet 172.20.52.124 netmask 0xffffe000 broadcast
> 172.20.63.255
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> When I set up a file  /etc/ifconfig.le1 with the following line:
> inet 172.20.52.124 broadcast 172.20.63.255 netmask 255.255.224.0
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> and reboot ifconfig le1 says:
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> le1: flags=3D8822<BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>               media: Ethernet manual
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> It seems weird that dmesg would report le1 configured but then not
> configure it.
> Is there a bug in netstarts or in one of the rc scripts ???
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> --
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> Ciao,
>       Steffen.
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