Summary: Adding a 2nd interface to a Netra-T1

From: Koonz, Jay <jKoonz_at_USCO.com>
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 09:50:42 EDT
Original Question. 

I have an Netra-T1 that's been running fine for awhile on a single dmfe0
network interface. 
I want to add a second interface for a backup network. 
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 
dmfe0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
        inet 172.31.32.7 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 172.31.32.255
        ether 0:3:ba:5:3a:58 

# ifconfig dmfe1 172.31.34.7
ifconfig: SIOCGLIFNETMASK: dmfe1: no such interface

I created /etc/hostname.dmfe1, and updated /etc/netmasks. 
This is the first time I've had to add an additional network interface to a
Solaris box. 
I'm hoping I can use "ifconfig" without rebooting. 

Helpfull replys from 	Bernhard Sadlowski		Jed Dobson
John Sellin
			Darren Dunham			Jeremy Rodriguez
Derek Olsen
			Thomas Jones			Rodrito Buan
Gaziz Nugmanov
			Ryan McEwan			Max Trummer
Matthew Sams
			Steve Kondik			Wolfgang Kandek
Peter Stokes
			Asher Frenkel			Peter Zimmerman	Rick
Waegner


All pointing out you have to "ifconfig plumb" the interface first. 
Note on HPUX, " By default, the plumb operation is done automatically when
an IP
                         address is specified for an interface."
Seems like that makes more sense. 
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