From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 7 15:25:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22246 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 15:25:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA22236 for ; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 15:24:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA11221; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 09:54:55 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA03450; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 09:54:54 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980208095454.46967@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 09:54:54 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Robert Deuerling Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bug in ifconfig ? References: <19980207111341.20019@freebie.lemis.com> <199802071004.LAA09824@baerle.indra.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199802071004.LAA09824@baerle.indra.de>; from Robert Deuerling on Sat, Feb 07, 1998 at 11:04:50AM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Sat, 7 February 1998 at 11:04:50 +0100, Robert Deuerling wrote: >> On Fri, 6 February 1998 at 11:53:58 +0100, Robert Deuerling wrote: >>> Hello :-) >>> >>> can somebody please check if there's a bug in ifconfig ? >>> >>> the problem is: doing a: >>> >>> ifconfig vx0 alias X.X.X.X netmask 0xffffffff >>> >>> ifconfig -a shows an entry for this item. >> >> That means it is in the kernel configuration. Why don't *you* show >> what ifconfig says? >> >>> BUT: no ping is succcessful >>> >>> kernelmsgs show: >>> >>> arpresolv: can't allocate llinfo for X.X.X.X >>> >>> any idea ? >> >> Yes. Show us the details. > > Hi guys :-) > > just an update .... > > ifconfig shows: > inet 193.158.1.137 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 193.158.1.137 > > netstat -rn shows: > 193.158.1.137 193.158.1.137 UH 0 0 vx0 => > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ > 193.158.1.137/32 link#1 > > so here's the bug ;) no alias is really made... > > FIX: > I deleted the route added by ifconfig... and voila, everythings ok... > I can ping the address.. > > so.. seems to be a bug ;) -> already sent an PR Since this is only half the output, it's impossible to decide what's going on here. I hope your PR makes more sense. Greg