From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 8 9:34:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc4-card4-0-cust162.cdf.cable.ntl.com [80.4.14.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A2E37B429 for ; Wed, 8 May 2002 09:34:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 175UOU-0003Vi-00; Wed, 08 May 2002 17:34:22 +0100 Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 17:34:22 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Steve Fettig Cc: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting up IP aliases in rc.conf Message-ID: <20020508163422.GA13263@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Steve Fettig , "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 11:28:17AM -0500, Steve Fettig wrote: > On 5/8/2002 11:08, "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" wrote: > > > According to the handbook I should be able to do: > > > > ifconfig_dc0="inet 192.168.99.136 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > ifconfig_dc0_alias1="inet 192.168.99.137 netmask 255.255.255.255" > > ifconfig_dc0_alias2="inet 204.228.145.250 netmask 255.255.255.240" Ok, the handbook is wrong - I'll fix it ASAP. > > What am I doing wrong? How is the correct way to set these up? This > > > 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" > ^^^ Yup, if a number is skipped, then no following aliases will be configured. Check the manpage for rc.conf for more detail. > 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. No, that's correct - if the alias is on the same subnet as an already configured address, then the subnet mask should be 255.255.255.255. > Anyone with ideas as to > why more aliases than one might not be working, would be much appreciated > help on my end. It's because they're not supposed to. Read the rc.conf manpage, specifically the "network_interfaces" bit. Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message