From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 30 10:40:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA07661 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:40:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.id.net (rls@server.id.net [199.125.1.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA07651 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:40:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rls@localhost) by server.id.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA00515; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 13:40:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Shady Message-Id: <199608301740.NAA00515@server.id.net> Subject: Re: IP aliassing. In-Reply-To: from Sam Magee at "Aug 30, 96 12:35:04 pm" To: webadmin@adsight.com (Sam Magee) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 13:40:13 -0400 (EDT) Cc: froden@bigblue.no, isp@FreeBSD.Org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (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 > > > > > > This started happening to me yesterday, after I upgraded from > 2.1R to 2.1.5R -- before that, the same alias commands worked > without complaint. Obviously some version difference here. > Anybody know if these warnings can be ignored? You need to specify the network mask now... Ie: ifconfig ed0 1.1.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 ifconfig ed0 alias 1.1.1.2 netmask 0xffffffff ifconfig ed0 alias 1.1.1.3 netmask 0xffffffff -- Rob === _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ Innovative Data Services Serving South-Eastern Michigan Internet Service Provider / Hardware Sales / Consulting Services Voice: (810)855-0404 / Fax: (810)855-3268 / Web: http://www.id.net