Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 12:00:31 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig alias not working Message-ID: <199907251100.MAA71152@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:45:02 PDT." <9907250045.aa09673@dick.ccstores.com>
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> FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE (Generic) #0. I'm using an SMC9432TX 10/100 card. > > in rc.conf I've got: > > network_interfaces="tx0 lo0" > ifconfig_tx0="inet 209.53.238.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 media autoselect" > ifconfig_tx0_alias0="inet 209.53.238.30 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_tx0_alias1="inet 209.53.238.31 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > while the .11 address works fine, the .30 &.31 addresses do not. > (I've tried several available IP's, 29, 30, 31, 32). [.....] > any ideas what may be wrong? Your netmasks conflict. Use 255.255.255.255 for the alias addresses if they're on a network that already has a route to it. > -- > Jim Pazarena mailto:paz@ccstores.com > http://www.qcislands.net/paz -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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