Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:22:07 -0800 From: "Peter Kieser" <peter@striked.net> To: "David Malone" <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: i386/35726: Won't let me use ifconfig on the interfaces after upgrade to latest OS Message-ID: <006001c1c860$7d015720$6401a8c0@pfak> References: <200203101740.g2AHe2516496@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020310180821.GA88768@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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Can't be the case. The problem even happens when I only have 1 of the rj 45 cables plugged into the computer. I think someone messed up coding somewhere. :-/ --Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Malone" <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: "Peter Kieser" <peter@striked.net> Cc: <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 10:08 AM Subject: Re: i386/35726: Won't let me use ifconfig on the interfaces after upgrade to latest OS > On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 09:40:02AM -0800, Peter Kieser wrote: > > Ahhh - I think I see the problem. You are trying to set up two IP > addresses on the same subnet with the same subnet mask. This has > always been unsupported in FreeBSD (because of the complication it > causes when chosing a source address), but something has started > enforcing it more vigerously in recent times. > > Usually, this occurs with people setting up lots of aliases on > an ethernet card, and the correct solution is to set the subnet > mask to 255.255.255.255 for everthing but the primary address. > > This could be more difficult for you 'cos you're using dhcp. I'm > not sure what the best workaround is... > > David. > > > haven# ifconfig > > lnc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fe50:b495%lnc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > > ether 00:50:56:50:b4:95 > > lnc1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fe50:b496%lnc1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > > inet 24.82.66.245 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 24.82.67.255 > > ether 00:50:56:50:b4:96 > > > > haven# /sbin/dhclient lnc1 lnc0 > > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > > dhclient: New IP Address(lnc0): 24.82.66.238 > > dhclient: New Subnet Mask (lnc0): 255.255.252.0 > > dhclient: New Broadcast Address(lnc0): 24.82.67.255 > > dhclient: New Routers: 24.82.64.1 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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