Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 12:31:42 -0400 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: Steve Fettig <lists@stevenfettig.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: setting up IP aliases in rc.conf Message-ID: <1453239A-62A1-11D6-92CC-0003931BED80@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <B8FEBC51.82EB%lists@stevenfettig.com>
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On Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at 12:28 , Steve Fettig wrote: > <snip> > > Chad, > I was never able to go beyond one alias myself following the same > directions > you have... But, I do know that I couldn't get alias1 to work, so I > used > the command: > Ifconfig_xl0_alias0="inet 192.168.14.5 netmask 255.255.255.0" Hi I'll try starting with alias0 > ^^^ > I think you also have a mistake in your netmask on alias1 - no subnet > mask > should be 255.255.255.255 if you are configuring an IP on a nic - it > should > be 255.255.255.0 if you are on the same subnet as the first ip. It may > be > stopping at alias1 and not going further because of this (*if* this is a > true copy of what you have in your rc.conf file). Anyone with ideas as > to > why more aliases than one might not be working, would be much > appreciated > help on my end. Actually the netmask is supposed to be 255.255.255.255 for all IPs in a given subnet except the first one. This is explicitly spelled out in teh handbook and was also a subject of a few emails to -question yesterday or the day before. Thanks! I'll make the alias change and try again Chad > > Steve > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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