Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 06:10:01 -0800 (PST) From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/32373: Bad ifconfig(8) alias advice in FAQ 10.9 Message-ID: <200111291410.fATEA1191309@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/32373; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/32373: Bad ifconfig(8) alias advice in FAQ 10.9
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:05:42 +0000
>
> 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.
Fair point.
This one ?
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 14:03:37 2001
@@ -8802,10 +8802,15 @@
<para>How can I setup Ethernet aliases?</para>
</question><answer>
- <para>Add <literal>netmask 0xffffffff</literal> to your
- &man.ifconfig.8; command-line like the following:</para>
+ <para>If the alias is on the same subnet as an address already configured on
+ the interface, then add <literal>netmask 0xffffffff</literal> to your
+ &man.ifconfig.8; command-line, as in the following:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig ed0 alias 204.141.95.2 netmask 0xffffffff</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig ed0 alias 10.20.30.40 netmask 0xffffffff</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Otherwise, just specify the network address and netmask as usual:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig ed0 alias 172.16.141.5 netmask 0xffffff00</userinput</screen>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
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