From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 6 16:44:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01492 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:44:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01448 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:43:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA09910; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 11:13:42 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA27887; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 11:13:41 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980207111341.20019@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 11:13:41 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Robert Deuerling , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bug in ifconfig ? References: <199802061053.LAA02615@baerle.indra.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199802061053.LAA02615@baerle.indra.de>; from Robert Deuerling on Fri, Feb 06, 1998 at 11:53:58AM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Fri, 6 February 1998 at 11:53:58 +0100, Robert Deuerling wrote: > 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. That means it is in the kernel configuration. Why don't *you* show what ifconfig says? > BUT: no ping is succcessful > > kernelmsgs show: > > arpresolv: can't allocate llinfo for X.X.X.X > > any idea ? Yes. Show us the details. Greg