[Xorp-users] Delete interface in XORP causes the IP address to be removed from interface?

[Ben Greear]

I think you want 'default-system-config'.  See this page:

http://xorp.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/latex2wiki/user_manual/network_interfaces

Thanks,
Ben


On 04/04/2016 07:29 AM, Anca Zamfir wrote:
> Hello xorp-users,
> I am doing some tests on Linux and noticed that if I remove an interface from XORP the interface IP address is remvoed. Is there a way to bypass this and leave the IP address configured?
>
> Regards,
> Anca
>
> before deleting:
> # ifconfig eth1
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:29:B1:E8:12
>            inet addr:192.168.121.1  Bcast:192.168.121.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>            RX packets:9155 errors:0 dropped:586 overruns:0 frame:0
>            TX packets:15125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>            RX bytes:763573 (745.6 KiB)  TX bytes:1233015 (1.1 MiB)
>            Interrupt:18 Base address:0x1400
>
> root at oAN# delete interfaces interface eth1
> Deleting:
>      eth1 {
>          vif eth1 {
>              address 192.168.121.1 {
>                  prefix-length: 24
>                  broadcast: 192.168.121.255
>              }
>          }
>      }
>
> OK
>
> After ' delete interfaces interface eth1':
>   # ifconfig eth1
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:29:B1:E8:12
>            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>            RX packets:9155 errors:0 dropped:586 overruns:0 frame:0
>            TX packets:15125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>            RX bytes:763573 (745.6 KiB)  TX bytes:1233015 (1.1 MiB)
>            Interrupt:18 Base address:0x1400
>
>
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