Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 06:19:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike <flaq@synwork.com> To: satan@yoss.canweb.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: having trouble with ip aliasing Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960827061701.6998A-100000@synwork.com> In-Reply-To: <199608270817.EAA18066@yoss.canweb.net>
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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996 satan@yoss.canweb.net wrote:
>
> Hi!
> I am having trouble configuring my server for virtual ips.
> Its 'main' ip is 152.160.182.16 (ifconfig)
> I do the following
>
> ifconfig ed0 inet 152.160.5.1 alias
> route add -host 152.160.5.1 localhost
>
> The route command fails with 'file exists' error, and I cant ping
> the server on 152.160.5.1, even from a local machine (same LAN).
> Now, I have no problem aliasing to ips on same subnet, ie.,
> aliasing to 152.160.182.224, for example. So I suspect this is a
> problem with netmask on ifconfig, but I cant figure out what it
> should be.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Stan
>
For an IP alias, I use:
ifconfig ed0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.255 alias
I don't think you should have to add a route.
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