From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 31 17:30:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD2037B422 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:30:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g311Gkd28730; Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:16:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:16:46 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson To: Roman Volf Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig_fxp0_alias question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Roman Volf wrote: > Following the FreeBSD handbook, I've added the following lines to > /etc/rc.conf > > > ifconfig_fxp0_alias2="inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.255" > ifconfig_fxp0_alias3="inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.255" > ifconfig_fxp0_alias4="inet 192.168.0.4 netmask 255.255.255.255" > > > However, upon startup, typing ifconfig reveals that the ips have not been > bound. Running > > ifconfig fxp0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias > > works. > > Anyone know the problem? Thanks in advance. > I thought aliases needed to start with 0 and be continuous (no gaps in the number sequence). You might try relacing 2 above with 0, 3 with 1, etc. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message