mtu 1500 inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast 10.0.0.1 inet 10.0.0.3 netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast 10.0.0.1 ether 00:a0:27:06:ef:fe So I assume it has take the second address, however it will not reply to a ping to the second address. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Brian Free IT Manager SONIC innovations Email: bfree@sonici.com ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF71C3.A3C70E9A Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

I am trying to assign multiple IP addresses to a single NIC for virtual hosting on a FreeBSD 3.3 server.

Here is the current output of ifconfig:

bash-2.03# ifconfig ep0
ep0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast 10.0.0.1
ether 00:a0:27:06:ef:fe

The command I am trying to use is:

ifconfig ep0 alias 10.0.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.224 up

I have also tried entering the info into rc.conf, but after rebooting, the only address that worked was the second one.

The command returns:

ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists

Which I believe means that the interface already has an address, and not a problem.

After executing the command, ifconfig ep0 shows:

bash-2.03# ifconfig ep0
ep0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast 10.0.0.1
        inet 10.0.0.3 netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast 10.0.0.1
        ether 00:a0:27:06:ef:fe

So I assume it has take the second address, however it will not reply to a ping to the second address.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Brian Free
IT Manager
SONIC innovations
Email: bfree@sonici.com

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