From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 12:33:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A6EA16A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 12:33:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.webtent.net (hermes.webtent.net [192.216.106.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33FF43D2F for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 12:33:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@webtent.com) Received: from columbus (webtent.org [198.79.127.235]) by hermes.webtent.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id i2DKXbX26503 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:33:37 -0500 From: Robert Fitzpatrick To: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <20040313195227.GA754@freeze.org> References: <20040313195227.GA754@freeze.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: WebTent Networking, Inc. Message-Id: <1079210025.7421.22.camel@columbus> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:33:46 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: ifconfig alias problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 20:33:47 -0000 On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 14:52, Jim Freeze wrote: > rc.conf - doesn't work: > ifconfig_sis0_alias0="inet 64.191.147.115 netmask 255.255.255.255" > ifconfig_sis0_alias0="inet 64.191.147.115 netmask 0xffffffff > (tried both - at different times) > I believe that would work, but looking at my 5.2.1, I see a broadcast address, you can try adding 'broadcast x.x.x.x' to the end. Also, mine are using 255.255.255.255. -- Robert