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From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: arp and async problems
To: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 05:53:05 +1100 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199602151821.LAA00383@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Feb 15, 96 11:21:43 am
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> > So you're telling me that I can now use ..
 
> > ifconfig ep0 inet 202.12.127.225 netmask 255.255.255.240
> > ifconfig ep0 inet 202.12.127.226 alias netmask 255.255.255.240
> > ifconfig ep0 inet 202.12.127.227 alias netmask 255.255.255.240
> >   :
> >   :
 
> >  .. this didn't work before (I tried it), does it now ?
 
> I don't believe so.

Then there are few remaining options .. if the above doesn't work and a
netmask of 255.255.255.255 doesn't work yet you say that I may not need to
split them out .. sorry, now I am confused .. what _does_ work ?

> What does 'ifconfig -a' return, and what alias's are you trying to use?

Currently it's primary address is 202.12.127.70 with no aliases in that
subnet (I simply don't have enough "spare" in this one). Under 2.1R (generic
kernel), it says ..

pcm:~ %	/sbin/ifconfig -a
ep0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
	inet 202.12.127.70 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 202.12.127.79
lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

It is (naturally) the ep0 interface which presently carries all the other
aliases.

However, I could accomodate another ethernet card to carry the WWW and DNS
stuff for the other aliases (currently, .225 through .238). What I
(obviously) need to know is how this is to be constructed since the method
that used to work no longer does. 

Am I really the only one who uses aliases this extensively ?

	michael