How not allow setting ip changes interface down status?

[Jason Hellenthal]

Seconded.

But to answer you must specify "down" with every command.

ifconfig wlan0 inet ipa.ddr.her.e/24 down

It's a PITA

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On Jun 16, 2013, at 3:48, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:

> That'd actually be nice to have. I've noticed this with wifi and it's
> irritating.
> 
> 
> adrian
> 
> On 15 June 2013 23:59, h bagade <bagadeh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I want to know if there is any way to change the current freebsd behavior
>> when setting interface ip address. In current method, when assigning ip
>> address to an interface, the interface is set to UP. I need not allowing
>> this change to be done! If an interface is in down state, setting ip
>> address doesn't change its sate.
>> 
>> I'm ready to hear your ideas on my question and what's the pros and cons of
>> the change I'm going to make.
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