Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:13:24 EDT From: TM4525@aol.com To: scrappy@hub.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig alias: File Exists Message-ID: <ee.4617a19.2ead2094@aol.com>
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In a message dated 10/19/04 3:51:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, scrappy@hub.org writes: >> # ifconfig fxp0 alias 200.46.204.9 >> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists >> >> when I know for a fact that it hasn't been configured? > > you should use a netmask of 255.255.255.255 for ipv4 aliases. > > ifconfig fxp0 alias 200.46.204.9 netmask 255.255.255.255 >Is that new? You are right, that fixed it, but didn't think I had to do >that before :( You get it because the guy who maintains ifconfig didn't have the foresight to realize the "alias" should imply a host mask, and also that the guy who coded the kernel code didn't think that assuming a host mask was reasonable. Welcome to open source. Love it and live with it.
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