Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:02:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Chris Aubuchon" <chrisa@commercial-letter.com> Cc: "'Keith Woodman'" <keith@lightningweb.com>, "'Yev'" <phate1@ix.netcom.com>, "'Langa Kentane'" <LKentane@mweb.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Binding more ip addresses to one card Message-ID: <199902262102.NAA09442@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Feb 1999 15:04:12 CST." <003d01be61cb$90448ea0$1600000a@earth.commercial-letter.com>
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> > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Keith Woodman > > Sent: Friday, February 26, 1999 1:50 PM > > To: Yev > > Cc: Langa Kentane; freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: Binding more ip addresses to one card > > > > > > ifconfig eth0:1 your.other.ip.here netmask ?.?.?.? broadcast ?.?.?.? > > ifconfig eth0:2 your.other.ip.here netmask ?.?.?.? broadcast ?.?.?.? > ^^^^^^^ > Actually, for aliases, the netmask should be 255.255.255.255 Only if you already have an address bound to that interface with an open netmask. eg. ifconfig ed0 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig ed0 1.2.3.5 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias ifconfig ed0 5.5.5.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias ifconfig ed0 5.5.5.8 netmask 255.255.255.255 In each case, the aliases with all-1s netmasks have that netmask because the address they're adding is already in a range that's attached to the interface. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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