From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 10 10:46:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA12877 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:46:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from dns.pinpt.com (dns.pinpt.com [205.179.195.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA12869 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:46:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from rover4 (gatemaster.pinpt.com [205.179.195.65]) by dns.pinpt.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA24462; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:44:42 -0800 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 97 10:44:20 Pacific Standard Time From: "Sean J. Schluntz" Subject: Re: ifconfig alias problem/question. To: Dan Busarow Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Chameleon ATX 6.0, Standards Based IntraNet Solutions, NetManage Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Change this to 'ifconfig ep0 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.bbb netmask 255.255.255.255 > > > alias' and it should work. > > > > I can't make the netmask *.255, it has to be *.192 for my segmented network or > > I won't make it through the firewall. :( > > Sure it will. The ifconfig statement for the non-aliased IP already > setup the route. The alias entry sets up a host route, that's all > you need. Really :) Actually you are right, I somehow didn't see the 'alias' on the second line and didn't know that you could change the netmask for an alias. I think I'm going to go that way as it will be less changes in the furure to rember! Thanks for the help! > > > (I am going to be upgrading this > > system to 2.2 when that goes -R) > > Good plan but it won't make any difference re the aliased IP's. True, but I think some one mentioned that it has a place in the sysconfig for aliases so you don't have to add lines to the netstart by hand. -Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ Local Time Sent: 03/10/97 10:44:21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------