Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 10:02:21 -0700 From: Eddie Fry <eddie@eaznet.com> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> Cc: Hyun-Seog Ryu <HyunSeog.Ryu@easy.re.kr>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: restriction on IP aliasing??? Message-ID: <345E039D.EFD41873@eaznet.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971031150355.524z-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
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Dan, Can you elloborate on this? ie: What type of applications apply to aliasing it to the ethernet vs. what applications on the loopback. Thanks, Eddie Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Hyun-Seog Ryu wrote: > > > I have a question on FreeBSD IP aliasing... > > Does FreeBSD support only one IP alias for each Ethernet port? > > Can I use several IP aliasing on one Ethernet port??? > > At Solaris, it is used many Virtual LAN address at one Ethernet port... > > But at FreeBSD, how to do??? > > ifconfig ed0 201.2.3.4 netmask 0xffffff00 > ifconfig ed0 201.2.3.5 netmask 0xffffffff alias > ifconfig ed0 201.2.3.6 netmask 0xffffffff alias > ifconfig ed0 201.2.3.7 netmask 0xffffffff alias > > ...etc... > > There is no restriction on the number. Note that unless the IPs belong > on the ethernet network, it makes more sense to put them on lo0, not the > ethernet interface. > > Danny -- Eddie Fry eddie@eaznet.com EAZNet Internet Services http://www.eaznet.com 220 West 7th Street Safford, AZ 85546 EAZing you into the future...
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