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Date:      Wed, 08 May 2002 11:37:35 -0500
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        Steve Fettig <lists@stevenfettig.com>, "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: setting up IP aliases in rc.conf
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20020508113735.011c7318@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <B8FEBC51.82EB%lists@stevenfettig.com>
References:  <CD72AEDD-629D-11D6-84FE-000502E29155@shire.net>

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At 11:28 AM 5.8.2002 -0500, Steve Fettig wrote:
>On 5/8/2002 11:08, "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> wrote:
><snip>
>> 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"
>> 
>> 
>> Doing this only gets me the first address... Here is a full ifconfig
>> after booting:
>> 
>> frog1# ifconfig -a
>> dc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>        inet 192.168.99.136 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.99.255
>>        inet6 fe80::2c0:f0ff:fe4a:75c%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>>        ether 00:c0:f0:4a:07:5c
>>        media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)
>>        status: active
>> 
>> What am I doing wrong?  How is the correct way to set these up?  This
><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"
>                 ^^^
>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.
>
>Steve
>
.... No, the netmask of 255.255.255.255 IS correct -- not the "0". But, you
are right that he alias # should start with alias0 instead of alias1.....

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Best regards,

Jack L. Stone
Server Admin

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