Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 21:37:20 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Webster <andrew@guardian.fortress.org> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ifconfig & 2nd IP address - weird... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980105213605.17958B-100000@guardian.fortress.org> In-Reply-To: <34B15E1A.EE0854C6@tdx.co.uk>
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Karl, I'm glad it worked! When you are running 2.2.5 or later, the rc.conf file has a sample entry that looks like this: #ifconfig_lo0_alias0="inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff" # Sample alias entry. so it is documented, just not in 2.2.2 which is what you are running. On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Karl Pielorz wrote: > Thanks to yourself, and the numerous other people who replied... Changing the > netmask to 255.255.255.255 (0xffffffff) did indeed fix the problem... > > I'd not seen this mentioned anywhere - or if I did it must have been long > forgotten... > > Regards, > > Karl Pielorz > > > Andrew Webster wrote: > > > > On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > > > > > > de0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > > inet 192.168.100.1 netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast 192.168.100.31 > > > inet 192.168.100.2 netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast 192.168.100.31 > > > ether 00:00:c0:eb:a3:0b > > > > Use netmask 0xffffffff (255.255.255.255) for 2nd and additional addresses > > on the same interface. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andrew Webster andrew@pubnix.net > Andrew Webster andrew@pubnix.net Key fingerprint = CF E8 16 B8 A6 DB E3 C9 83 E7 96 24 25 58 15 6E PubNIX Montreal Connected to the world Branche au monde P.O. Box 147 Cote Saint Luc, Quebec H4V 2Y3 tel 514.990.5911 http://www.pubnix.net fax 514.990.9443
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