From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Mar 10 10:22:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from striked.net (h24-82-66-210.vf.shawcable.net [24.82.66.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA6D537B405 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:22:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from pfak [216.232.34.44] by striked.net [127.0.0.1] with SMTP (MDaemon.PRO.v5.0.1.T) for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:21:49 -0800 Message-ID: <006001c1c860$7d015720$6401a8c0@pfak> From: "Peter Kieser" To: "David Malone" Cc: References: <200203101740.g2AHe2516496@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020310180821.GA88768@walton.maths.tcd.ie> Subject: Re: i386/35726: Won't let me use ifconfig on the interfaces after upgrade to latest OS Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:22:07 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 X-MDRemoteIP: 216.232.34.44 X-Return-Path: peter@striked.net X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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" To: "Peter Kieser" Cc: 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 mtu 1500 > > inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fe50:b495%lnc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > > ether 00:50:56:50:b4:95 > > lnc1: flags=8843 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