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From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
Subject: Re: docs/32373: Bad ifconfig(8) alias advice in FAQ 10.9
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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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