ifconfig problem of busybox 1.4.1?

[Jan Evert van Grootheest]

> On Thursday March 22 2007 07:09, Jan Evert van Grootheest wrote:
> > > If I run ifconfig command with "inet" parameter, I got following 
> > > message:
> > >
> > > fconfig eth0 inet 10.1.0.2
> > > ifconfig: inet: Resolver Error 0 (no error)
> 
> > Maybe you're confused with the /etc/network/interfaces 
> syntax (iface 
> > eth0 inet dhcp)? Or the ip utility (-f inet)?
> > AFAIK there is no inet keyword for ifconfig. Never was. I checked
> > RHEL2.1 and Ubuntu feisty (pre-7.04).
> 
> Perhaps not in the busybox version but the version from the NET-3 
> networking toolkit allows the address family to be explicitly 
> specified:
> 
>     Usage:
>         ifconfig [-a] [-v] [-s] <interface> [[<AF>] <address>]
> 

I read too hastily... I checked only the options.
You're right. And on ubuntu it works like that.

But not in BB.

-- Jan Evert 
 
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