Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 08:44:45 +0800 From: Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg> To: Tony Wells <tony@camel.kdsi.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ethernet alias Message-ID: <3B43B87D.29449187@pacific.net.sg> References: <3B42DCB4.D09C9B2A@pacific.net.sg> <3B435FFE.21C22BE1@camel.kdsi.net>
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Hi Tony ;
Thank you very much for your advise . : -)
Tony Wells wrote:
> Check /etc/defaults/rc.conf and you will find an example line for
> setting up an alias. Copy over the information to /etc/rc.conf, and
> after you have edited it to your liking reboot your machine to make the
> alias live. You can also use ifconfig, but you'll probably want the
> alias to come up at boot so you might as well add it to /etc/rc.conf.
> Leave the netmask 0xffffff for the alias even if that isn't the same
> netmask as your network.
>
> As far a renaming the Gateway field, it's just telling you that you are
> on the same net as those machines, e.g. they are 1 hop away. To rename
> that field would seem to be obfuscating what's really going on.
>
> Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong wrote:
> >
> > Hi ;
> > I have read man ifconfig but not understand the definition the use of
> > "alias" . Can somebody explain to me in simple definition , gives
> > example on how to use ethernet alias ?
> > When I type netstat -r , my routing table shows me like this .....
> >
> > nternet:
> > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif
> > Expire
> > default 192.168.100.5 UGSc 2 91955 xl0
> > localhost localhost UH 0 0 lo0
> > 192.168.100/30 link#2 UC 0 0 xl1 =>
> >
> > 192.168.100.4/30 link#1 UC 0 0 xl0 =>
> >
> > 192.168.1.0/24 link#3 UC 0 0 rl0
> > =>
> > 172.16.100.0/24 192.168.100.1 UGSc 0 668 xl1
> >
> > In the Gateway column , is there a way to rename link#2 , link#1, link#3
> > to either IP address or other name ?
> >
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