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From: Robert Deuerling <deuerl@baerle.indra.de>
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Subject: bug in ifconfig ?
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Hello :-)

can somebody please check if there's a bug in ifconfig ?

the problem is: doing a:

ifconfig vx0 alias X.X.X.X netmask 0xffffffff

ifconfig -a shows an entry for this item.
BUT: no ping is succcessful 

kernelmsgs show:

arpresolv: can't allocate llinfo for X.X.X.X

any idea ?

-Robert