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Date:      Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:00:10 -0700
From:      faSty <fasty@i-sphere.com>
To:        Matthias Trevarthan <trevarthan@wingnet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.6.2 RELEASE, critical ifconfig problem
Message-ID:  <20020820180010.GA94350@i-sphere.com>
In-Reply-To: <200208201336.53586.trevarthan@wingnet.net>
References:  <200208201313.11532.trevarthan@wingnet.net> <20020820101907.A11518@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <200208201336.53586.trevarthan@wingnet.net>

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you need use netmask! I had same problem while ago and someone told
me must set with netmask 

ifconfig fxp0 inet 206.30.56.8 netmask 0xffffffff alias

no need route add -host.

-fasty

On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 01:36:53PM -0400, Matthias Trevarthan wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 August 2002 01:19 pm, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > By any chance are you creating IP aliases with a netmask other then
> > 255.255.255.255?  That used to work and is now forbidden.
> >
> > -- Brooks
> 
> Below is one of the typical rc.virtual statements that WILL NOT work with the
> 4.6.2 RELEASE kernel:
> 
> /sbin/ifconfig fxp0 inet 206.30.56.8 alias
> route add -host 206.30.56.8 127.0.0.1
> 
> Again, no error messages, no fireworks, no nothing!
> 
> Matthias
> 
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