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Date:      Tue, 17 Dec 1996 10:37:24 -0800 (PST)
From:      Vincent Poy <vince@venus.GAIANET.NET>
To:        Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: two ip's for one ne0 interface
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.961217103449.1381A-100000@venus.GAIANET.NET>
In-Reply-To: <32B66C24.AA@barcode.co.il>

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On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Nadav Eiron wrote:

> > > >         What do I need to do in /etc/sysconfig to make the ne0 also known
> > > > as 206.171.98.1 as well as the current ip of 206.171.98.29 for the
> > > > ifconfig line?  Thanks.
> > >
> > > It's all in the IP Aliasing Tutorial. Look at:
> > > http://www.cypher.net/~black/ipalias.html
> > 
> >         I tried to look at that but somehow can't connect to that machine.
> > What would the lines in /etc/sysconfig look like for something like this?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Vince
> > GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin
> 
> If they are on the same subnet, all that is required is the command:
> ifconfig inet ne0 206.171.98.29 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias
> 
> Note the netmask of all 1s. Put this command someplace in netstart, or
> modify it to look for the required info in sysconfig. 

	Hmmm, if /etc/sysconfig defines ne0 already with 206.171.98.29,
where in netstart do I put the line so it'll be known as 206.171.98.1 as
well?  and shouldn't the line be:

ifconfig inet ne0 206.171.98.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias

Vince
GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - Beverly Hills, CA





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