From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 18 12:25:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA20303 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:25:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shell.aros.net (root@shell.aros.net [205.164.111.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA20292 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from angio@localhost) by shell.aros.net (8.7.5/Unknown) id NAA19164; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:18:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen Message-Id: <199606181918.NAA19164@shell.aros.net> Subject: Re: your mail To: narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:18:10 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jrclark@netview.net In-Reply-To: from Narvi at "Jun 18, 96 09:11:40 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL13 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ifconfig alias netmask 255.255.255.255 route add -host 127.0.0.1 Lo and behold, Narvi once said: > > > From: John Clark > > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:01:40 -0500 (EST) > > Subject: ifconfig alias > > > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to alias my NIC with several ip numbers. It would appear that > > only the first one works. If someone knows how to do this, please let me > > know. > > The trick is to set the netmask to 255.255.255.255 for the other aliases > on the same subnet. And most possibly add a static route to them > > route add .... - though I am not sure about that. -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual "There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'."