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Subject: Re: i386/68559: Cannot create alias IP address
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The following reply was made to PR i386/68559; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To: Oleg Kepp <hostmaster@netgrs.co.ru>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: i386/68559: Cannot create alias IP address
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:13:51 +0200

 Oleg Kepp <hostmaster@netgrs.co.ru> writes:
 > ifconfig xl0 inet 192.168.2.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias
 > Shows the following output:
 > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
 
 This is a FAQ: if xl0 already has an address on the 192.168.2.0/24
 subnet, you need to use an all-bits-one netmask (255.255.255.255) for
 the alias.
 
 DES
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 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no