From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 19 19:44:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB3C416A4CE for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:44:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5380E43D46 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:44:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D042212AAB4; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:43:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23255-03; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:43:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-46-91.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.91]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E321712AAB2; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:43:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2913A38588; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:43:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 255163845F; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:43:58 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:43:58 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Kevin Glick In-Reply-To: <20041019193408.6201F12AAB1@hub.org> Message-ID: <20041019164336.M98762@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20041019193408.6201F12AAB1@hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: RE: ifconfig alias: File Exists X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:44:01 -0000 On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Kevin Glick wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of >> Marc G. Fournier >> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:28 PM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: ifconfig alias: File Exists >> >> >> Why would I be getting: >> >> # ifconfig fxp0 alias 200.46.204.9 >> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists >> >> when I know for a fact that it hasn't been configured? >> >> # ping 200.46.204.9 >> PING 200.46.204.9 (200.46.204.9): 56 data bytes >> ^C >> --- 200.46.204.9 ping statistics --- >> 1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss >> >> there is nothing even in my arp cache: >> >> # arp -a | grep "(200.46.204.9)" >> # arp -a | grep "(200.46.204.91)" >> zer01.net (200.46.204.91) at 00:e0:81:21:d7:f6 on fxp0 [ethernet] >> >> ---- >> Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services >> (http://www.hub.org) >> Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy >> ICQ: 7615664 > > What does the output of "ifconfig fxp0" show before you try the alias? # ifconfig fxp0 fxp0: flags=8943 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet 200.46.204.4 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 200.46.204.255 inet 200.46.204.13 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.13 inet 200.46.204.144 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.144 inet 200.46.204.107 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.107 inet 200.46.204.115 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.115 inet 200.46.204.200 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.200 inet 200.46.204.114 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.114 inet 200.46.204.108 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.108 inet 200.46.204.113 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.113 inet 200.46.204.72 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.72 inet 200.46.204.83 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.83 inet 200.46.204.238 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.238 inet 200.46.204.185 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.185 inet 200.46.204.150 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.150 inet 200.46.204.244 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.244 inet 200.46.204.170 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.170 inet 200.46.204.109 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 200.46.204.109 ether 00:03:47:bd:67:66 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664