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From: "Troy Settle" <rewt@i-Plus.net>
To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Sin Key Teck" <ktsin@acm.org>
Subject: Re: ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 02:48:53 -0400
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From: Sin Key Teck <ktsin@acm.org>
>Every time I add an alias to the fxp interface I would get the following
>message:
>
>ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
>
>What does it mean? How to get rid of it?

How are you adding the alias?  what netmask are you using?  should be
0xffffffff ('255.255.255.255' if you can't read hex :)

Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net>
Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services
http://www.i-Plus.net