--- etc/network.subr    Sat Sep 10 19:05:03 2005
+++ etc/network.subr    Sat Oct 15 04:44:17 2005
@@ -30,6 +30,41 @@
 # Requires that rc.conf be loaded first.
 #
 
+ipv4_ifconfig_up()
+{
+       _cfg=1
+       ipv4_ifconfig_args=`ipv4_ifconfig_getargs $1`
+       if [ -n "${ipv4_ifconfig_args}" ]; then
+               ifconfig $1 up
+
+               for _ip_ifconfig in ${ipv4_ifconfig_args}; do
+
+                       _ipaddr=${_ip_ifconfig%%/*}
+                       _netmask=${_ip_ifconfig##*/}
+                       _range=${_ipaddr##*.}
+                       _ipnet=${_ipaddr%.*}
+                       _iplow=${_range%-*}
+                       _iphigh=${_range#*-}
+
+                       eval "ifconfig $1 add ${_ipnet}.${_iplow}/${_netmask}"
+
+                       # handle single aliases
+                       if [ "${_iphigh}" != "" ]; then
+                               _ipcount=${_iplow}
+                               while [ "${_ipcount}" -lt "${_iphigh}" ]; do
+                                       _ipcount=$((${_ipcount}+1))
+                                       eval "ifconfig $1 add ${_ipnet}.${_ipcount}/32"
+                               done
+                       fi
+
+               done
+
+               _cfg=0
+       fi
+
+       return $_cfg
+}
+
 # ifconfig_up if
 #      Evaluate ifconfig(8) arguments for interface $if and
 #      run ifconfig(8) with those arguments. It returns 0 if
@@ -106,6 +141,22 @@
        fi
 
        return $_cfg
+}
+
+# ipv4_ifconfig_getargs if
+#       Echos the arguments for the supplied interface to stdout.
+#       returns 1 if empty.  In general, ifconfig_getargs should be used
+#       outside this file.
+ipv4_ifconfig_getargs()
+{
+        _ifn=$1
+        if [ -z "$_ifn" ]; then
+                return 1
+        fi
+
+        eval _args=\${ipv4_ifconfig_$1-$ifconfig_DEFAULT}
+
+        echo "$_args"
 }
 
 # _ifconfig_getargs if
--- etc/rc.d/netif      Sat Oct 15 04:50:49 2005
+++ etc/rc.d/netif      Sat Oct 15 04:50:41 2005
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 
        ifscript_up ${ifn} && cfg=0
        ifconfig_up ${ifn} && cfg=0
+       ipv4_ifconfig_up ${ifn} && cfg=0
        ifalias_up ${ifn} && cfg=0
        ipx_up ${ifn} && cfg=0