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Date:      Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:34:29 +0100
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= <sten.daniel.sorsdal@wan.no>
To:        "Murat USTUNTAS" <ustuntas@bimel.com.tr>, <stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: ifconfig alias file exists error
Message-ID:  <0AF1BBDF1218F14E9B4CCE414744E70F1F3C83@exchange.wanglobal.net>

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> Hello all,
> I want to put second IP on my nic cart. I have been using FreeBSD-4.8-RC,
> when i put the command,
> ifconfig rl0 alias xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> returns me:
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> What is the problem?

> Regards,
> Murat Ustuntas

It could be that either there is a route for that network in your routing table.
Or that you have previously removed the IP address without also specifying netmask
and thus you have the route in your routing table. 

- Sten

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