From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 20 11: 5:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E71C737B401 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:05:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obsidian.sentex.ca (obsidian.sentex.ca [64.7.128.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45F8D43E4A for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:05:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by obsidian.sentex.ca (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7KI5LFK063806; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:05:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.0.20020820140408.01c10fa0@marble.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtpop@marble.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:05:49 -0400 To: trevarthan@wingnet.net, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: 4.6.2 RELEASE, critical ifconfig problem In-Reply-To: <200208201334.58361.trevarthan@wingnet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: By Sentex Communications (obsidian/20020220) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.4 required=7.0 tests=IN_REP_TO version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Use the netmask. Also, you might as well alias it to the loopback interface, not the ethernet interface. e.g. ifconfig lo0 206.30.56.8 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias You dont need to add the local route either. ---Mike At 01:34 PM 20/08/2002 -0400, Matthias Trevarthan wrote: >On Tuesday 20 August 2002 01:19 pm, Brooks Davis wrote: > > By any chance are you creating IP aliases with a netmask other then > > 255.255.255.255? That used to work and is now forbidden. > > > > -- Brooks > >Below is one of the typical rc.virtual statements that WILL NOT work with the >4.6.2 RELEASE kernel: > >/sbin/ifconfig fxp0 inet 206.30.56.8 alias >route add -host 206.30.56.8 127.0.0.1 > >Again, no error messages, no fireworks, no nothing! > >Matthias > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message