Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:23:42 +0000 From: Mikel King <mikel@ocsinternet.com> To: Drew Sanford <drew@planetwe.com> Cc: questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ifconfig in rc.conf Message-ID: <3A66C42E.A6857CA5@ocsinternet.com> References: <3A670981.4090308@planetwe.com>
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Drew,
Just add the following for your alias;
ifconfig_dc0_alias0="inet 192.168.1.16 mtu 1462 netmask
255.255.255.255"
cheers,
Mikel
Drew Sanford wrote:
> I have a NIC I need to answer to two IP addresses. Lets say
> hypothetically I have something like:
>
> ifconfig_dc0="inet 192.168.1.6 mtu 1462 netmask 255.255.255.0"
>
> in my rc.conf file. If the machine is up, I type something like:
>
> ifconfig dc0 alias 192.168.1.16
>
> to add the second ip address. If I want this to happen automatically on
> startup (FBSD 4.2-stable) I would add:
>
> ifconfig_dc0="alias 192.168.1.16"
>
> to my rc.conf, right? I'm trying to verify this because if the machine
> goes down, and comes back up, and that doesn't work, I'd hate to have to
> rely on my memory to check on it. Thanks in advance for confirming or
> correcting my suspicions on this.
>
> --
> Drew Sanford
> Systems Administrator
> drew@planetwe.com
>
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