Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:54:03 +0100 From: Henk Wevers <Henk@wevers.org> To: patrick <patrick@barmentlo.nl> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ifconfig alias (SOLVED) Message-ID: <3C8B576B.20601@wevers.org> References: <20020310134632.H43886-100000@dsl.barmentlo.net>
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This works thanks! patrick wrote: > On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Henk Wevers wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>I use 4.5-STABLE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #0: Fri Mar 8 09:34:29 CET 2002 >>Sinds two weeks >># ifconfig rl0 inet alias 10.10.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 >>ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists >>making an ifconfig alias does noet work anymore >> >>Maybe a bug? >> > > no, a change in ifconfig; > > man ifconfig: > > alias Establish an additional network address for this interface. This > is sometimes useful when changing network numbers, and one wishes > to accept packets addressed to the old interface. If the address > is on the same subnet as the first network address for this > interface, a netmask of 0xffffffff has to be specified. > > > change the alias subnetmast to 255.255.255.255 and it will work. > > Just ran into it a few days ago. > > Grtz > patrick > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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