From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 30 09:38:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA03370 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:38:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (ulf@cat-food.Melmac.org [206.169.44.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA03356 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:38:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA22899; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:36:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199608301636.JAA22899@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net> Subject: Re: IP aliassing. To: froden@bigblue.no Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:36:45 -0700 (PDT) Cc: isp@FreeBSD.Org In-Reply-To: <199608301600.SAA17754@login.bigblue.no> from Frode Nordahl at "Aug 30, 96 06:01:50 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.Org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have made IP aliassing work by executing the following command: > ifconfig ep0 xxx.yyy.zzz alias > > And then add a route for that ip to localhost, but, when I add that alias, ifconfig comes up with a "File exists" error, > but the alias work, so I just wonder if it is the right way of doing things? > --------------------------------- > Frode Nordahl > > You forgot to put a netmask of 255.255.255.255 into the ifconfig command Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 Lamb Art Internet Services || http://www.Lamb.net/