# ifconfig then route is pretty close to a UNIX standard, why
# change it? (or at least a syscall to choose between old and new
# behaviours).
Just to add some info to this: Solaris 2.5/2.4 (maybe 2.7) doesn't require
a route after an ifconfig (it appears to auto add it, too)...
# ifconfig -a;netstat -r
lo0: flags=849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
le0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.194 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
ether 8:0:20:75:d9:5c
le0:1: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.188 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
le0:2: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.192 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
le0:3: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.190 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
le0:4: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.191 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
le0:5: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.187 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
Routing Table:
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
localhost localhost UH 0 43 lo0
a.b.159.0 hawk.mydom.com UG 0 0
x.y.104.0 emu.mydom.com UG 0 3121
x.y.82.0 peacock.mydom.com U 8 490 le0
x.y.82.0 www.mydom.com U 8 0 le0:1
x.y.82.0 chid.mydom.com U 8 0 le0:2
x.y.82.0 webdb.nutherdom.gov U 8 0 le0:3
x.y.82.0 www.myorg.org U 8 0 le0:4
x.y.82.0 ftp.mydom.com U 8 0 le0:5
BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET peacock.mydom.com U 8 0 le0
default hawk.mydom.com UG 0 23074
# ifconfig le0:10 10.1.1.1 up
# ifconfig -a;netstat -r
lo0: flags=849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
le0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.194 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
ether 8:0:20:75:d9:5c
le0:1: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.188 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
le0:2: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.192 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
le0:3: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.190 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
le0:4: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.191 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
le0:5: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet x.y.82.187 netmask ffffff00 broadcast x.y.82.255
le0:10: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.1.1.1 netmask ff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255
Routing Table:
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
localhost localhost UH 0 43 lo0
a.b.159.0 hawk.mydom.com UG 0 0
x.y.104.0 emu.mydom.com UG 0 3122
x.y.82.0 peacock.mydom.com U 9 492 le0
x.y.82.0 www.mydom.com U 9 0 le0:1
x.y.82.0 chid.mydom.com U 9 0 le0:2
x.y.82.0 webdb.nutherdom.gov U 9 0 le0:3
x.y.82.0 www.myorg.org U 9 0 le0:4
x.y.82.0 ftp.mydom.com U 9 0 le0:5
10.1.1.1 10.1.1.1 U 9 0 le0:10
BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET peacock.mydom.com U 9 0 le0
default hawk.mydom.com UG 0 23083
G'day!
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