Re: how to completely reset all networking configuration without rebooting?

[Theo de Raadt]

Jonathan Thornburg  wrote:

> In ,
> Stuart Henderson  wrote
> > netstart does nothing to clear existing configuration. It wouldn't make
> > sense to do this for joinlist without also e.g. clearing IP addresses
> > from interfaces as needed, resetting media options/MTU/rdomain/VLAN
> > configuration, etc.
> 
> So, is there a way to to completely reset all networking configuration
> without rebooting?

No.

Re: how to completely reset all networking configuration without rebooting?

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2022-06-24, Jonathan Thornburg  wrote:
> In ,
> Stuart Henderson  wrote
>> netstart does nothing to clear existing configuration. It wouldn't make
>> sense to do this for joinlist without also e.g. clearing IP addresses
>> from interfaces as needed, resetting media options/MTU/rdomain/VLAN
>> configuration, etc.
>
> So, is there a way to to completely reset all networking configuration
> without rebooting?

Not afaik. (at least not without undoing it manually).

how to completely reset all networking configuration without rebooting?

[Jonathan Thornburg]

In ,
Stuart Henderson  wrote
> netstart does nothing to clear existing configuration. It wouldn't make
> sense to do this for joinlist without also e.g. clearing IP addresses
> from interfaces as needed, resetting media options/MTU/rdomain/VLAN
> configuration, etc.

So, is there a way to to completely reset all networking configuration
without rebooting?

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