From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 20 10:59:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0427A37B400 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:59:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from I-Sphere.COM (shell.i-sphere.com [209.249.146.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66CA43E3B for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:59:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fasty@shell.i-sphere.com) Received: from shell.i-sphere.com (fasty@shell [209.249.146.70]) by I-Sphere.COM (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7KI0AeF094409; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:00:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fasty@shell.i-sphere.com) Received: (from fasty@localhost) by shell.i-sphere.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g7KI0AXo094408; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:00:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:00:10 -0700 From: faSty To: Matthias Trevarthan Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.6.2 RELEASE, critical ifconfig problem Message-ID: <20020820180010.GA94350@i-sphere.com> References: <200208201313.11532.trevarthan@wingnet.net> <20020820101907.A11518@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <200208201336.53586.trevarthan@wingnet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200208201336.53586.trevarthan@wingnet.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message