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Authored by melifaro on May 20 2023, 11:53 AM.
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This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.May 22 2023, 1:47 PM
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After this change:

root@b14:~ # ifconfig
vtnet0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=80028<VLAN_MTU,JUMBO_MTU,LINKSTATE>
        ether 58:9c:fc:05:ea:e7
        inet 100.64.0.14 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 100.64.0.255
...
root@b14:~ # ifconfig vtnet0 inet 100.64.0.15/24 alias
root@b14:~ # ifconfig
vtnet0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=80028<VLAN_MTU,JUMBO_MTU,LINKSTATE>
        ether 58:9c:fc:05:ea:e7
        inet 100.64.0.14 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 100.64.0.255
        inet 100.64.0.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 100.64.0.255
...
root@b14:~ # ifconfig vtnet0 inet 100.64.0.15 -alias
...

The session stalled. Login via serial console showed:

root@b14:~ # ifconfig
vtnet0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=80028<VLAN_MTU,JUMBO_MTU,LINKSTATE>
        ether 58:9c:fc:05:ea:e7
        inet 100.64.0.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 100.64.0.255

wrong IP address has been removed.