From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 6 07:50:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA08571 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 07:50:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from asteroid.svib.ru (root@asteroid.svib.ru [195.151.166.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA08557 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 07:50:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru) Received: from minas-tirith.pol.ru (shuttle.svib.ru [195.151.166.144]) by asteroid.svib.ru (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA02060; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 18:50:36 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru) Received: from minas-tirith.pol.ru (minas-tirith.pol.ru [127.0.0.1]) by minas-tirith.pol.ru (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA00677; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 18:50:59 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from tarkhil@minas-tirith.pol.ru) Message-Id: <199806061450.SAA00677@minas-tirith.pol.ru> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Kurt Jones" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with IP Aliasing In-reply-to: Your message "Sat, 06 Jun 1998 23:15:23 +1000." <002201bd914d$2bf0c2b0$620e08cb@enterprise.woftam.com.au> Reply-To: tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru X-URL: http://freebsd.svib.ru Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 18:50:54 +0400 From: Alex Povolotsky Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG <002201bd914d$2bf0c2b0$620e08cb@enterprise.woftam.com.au>"Kurt Jones" writes: >I have placed the following in rc.local: >ifconfig_ed2_alias1="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.255" > >When I ping the specified address I get: > >ping: sendto: Host is down > >What have I done wrong? > >By the way, I am sure it ddi work once! It pings OK from outside, but not from inside. Add static route your alias address to 127.0.0.1. Alex. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message