From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Nov 29 5:50: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17D8837B4CF for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 05:50:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fATDo1l86185; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 05:50:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 05:50:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111291350.fATDo1l86185@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Peter Pentchev Subject: Re: docs/32373: Bad ifconfig(8) alias advice in FAQ 10.9 Reply-To: Peter Pentchev Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/32373; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev To: Ceri Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/32373: Bad ifconfig(8) alias advice in FAQ 10.9 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:41:01 +0200 On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 05:30:01AM -0800, Ceri wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/32373; it has been noted by GNATS. > > How about this patch ? > > Ceri > > --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml.old Thu Nov 29 13:18:34 2001 > +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Thu Nov 29 13:23:36 2001 > @@ -8802,10 +8802,15 @@ > How can I setup Ethernet aliases? > > > - Add netmask 0xffffffff to your > - &man.ifconfig.8; command-line like the following: > + If the alias is on the same subnet as the first address, then add Maybe "..as an address already configured on the interface"? It is quite possible (and quite common) to configure an Ethernet interface with several different addresses on several different subnets. G'luck, Peter -- I am not the subject of this sentence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message