From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Nov 3 09:28:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA16438 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 09:28:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from wicked.eaznet.com ([206.62.254.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA16421 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 09:28:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddie@eaznet.com) Received: from eaznet.com (as1-22.eaznet.com [206.62.254.230]) by wicked.eaznet.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA10155; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 10:27:09 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <345E039D.EFD41873@eaznet.com> Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 10:02:21 -0700 From: Eddie Fry X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" CC: Hyun-Seog Ryu , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: restriction on IP aliasing??? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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...