Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 12:11:42 -0400 From: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis) To: Paul Richards <paul@isl.cf.ac.uk> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alias ( secondary IP ) for Ethernet Ifaces in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199508251611.MAA29425@mail.htp.com>
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>In reply to Rashid Karimov. who said >> >> Hi there folx, >> >> Is it working ? >> If yes - how can one set it up ? What's the correct format for >> the command ? Should it be reflected somehow in ifconfig output >> or netstat ? > >Co-incidentally I've spent the last few days playing with this and >after talking with Garret, who explained a few problems I was >seeing, my conclusion is that it works but it needs some time spent >on it to make it more useable. A netstat -i will show up the alias >but I plan to look at revamping ifconfig to be more alias friendly >after 2.0.5 goes out. > >> >> For example , I have ep0 iface and I want to assign the >> secondary( alias) IP address to it . >> What command should be issued ? >> >> ifconfig ep0 alias 199.199.199.22 > I've read several messages in this thread and can't get it to work. SOMETHING shows up with netstat -in but I can't ping it. I've tried ifconfig ed0 204.141.95.2 alias (This takes but doesn't work) and ifconfig ed0 alias 204.141.95.2 (I get "File Exists" here) Has anyone figured this out yet? Dennis
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