From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Feb 11 11:34:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA12705 for bugs-outgoing; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:34:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA12658 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:34:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA01601; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:32:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:32:25 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney To: "SysAdmin for paxlink.com" cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reboot problem with alias IP In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970211123823.00674d58@mail.paxlink.com> Message-ID: X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, SysAdmin for paxlink.com wrote: > Earlier today (about 1 hour ago) we decide to move our DNS server from > staging to rack mounted space. In theory, we should just turn off, move, > turn on. However, caution told us to monitor the device -- > SNOP (Standard Normal Operating Procedure). [...] > 4. The machine stalled and hung when trying to resolve the > ethernet interface with: > > network_interfaces="ed1 lo0" > ifconfig_ed1="inet 207.155.58.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_ed1="inet 207.155.58.20 alias" well... I'm not sure what version your running... but newer versions of /etc/netstart have the option to install aliases on an interface... you would have a line like this: ifconfig_ed1_alias0="inet 207.155.58.20" hope this helps... ttyl.. John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Modem/FAX: (541) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix)