Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:32:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: mmead@Glock.COM (matthew c. mead) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more ifconfig alias problems... Message-ID: <199509151932.MAA00247@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199509151615.MAA07761@Glock.COM> from "matthew c. mead" at Sep 15, 95 12:15:51 pm
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> I'm doing the following to add a second address to my FreeBSD
> 2.0.5R production environment machine:
>
> root@Glock % nslookup neon
> Server: localhost.COM
> Address: 127.0.0.1
>
> Name: neon.Glock.COM
> Address: 198.82.228.159
>
> root@Glock % ifconfig ed0 neon alias netmask 255.255.255.0
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> root@Glock % telnet neon
> Trying 198.82.228.159...
> ^C
> root@Glock % ifconfig ed0 delete neon
> root@Glock % ifconfig ed0 alias neon netmask 255.255.255.0
^^^^^
make the netmask on aliases be 255.255.255.255
there was talk of making this the default when an 'alias' but I don't
know if it was done
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> root@Glock % telnet neon
> Trying 198.82.228.159...
> ^C
> root@Glock % ifconfig ed0 delete neon
> root@Glock %
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> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or do I need to upgrade?
>
>
> -matt
>
> --
> Matthew C. Mead
>
> mmead@Glock.COM | Network Administration and Software Development
> http://www.Glock.COM/~mmead/ | Consulting: BizNet Technologies -> mmead@bnt.com
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