From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 1 11:28:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA23520 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:28:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from socks2.raleigh.ibm.com (socks2.raleigh.ibm.com [204.146.167.123]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA23497 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:27:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtpdce01.raleigh.ibm.com by socks2.raleigh.ibm.com (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/RTP-FW1.0) id AA25974; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 14:23:25 -0500 Received: from heavens-gated.raleigh.ibm.com (heavens-gated.raleigh.ibm.com [9.37.177.129]) by rtpdce01.raleigh.ibm.com (8.7.3/8.7.3/RTP-ral-1.0) with SMTP id LAA41878; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:09:01 -0500 Received: by heavens-gated.raleigh.ibm.com (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/4.03-RAL) id AA19520; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:13:35 -0500 Message-Id: <9611011613.AA19520@heavens-gated.raleigh.ibm.com> To: Inus Scheepers Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, gated-alpha@cornell.edu Reply-To: acee@raleigh.ibm.com Subject: Re: IFconfig alias and Gated Date: Fri, 01 Nov 96 11:13:33 -0500 From: "Acee Lindem" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Inus Scheepers writes: > Hi > > I'm getting the same problem - running gated, and it seems that it > deletes the alias addresses! > > > I have to add them by hand to get it to work... > > I first do the normal > > ifconfig ed1 196.34.54.9 alias netmask 0xffffffff > > Then, I ping it. If it doesn't reply, I repeat the command, with a > different netmask: > > ifconfig ed1 196.34.54.9 alias netmask 0xffffff00 > > This gives me 'file exists', and I repeat the first one again, > ping, try the second one, and so on until it works. Fun! > > I need gated to route the incoming PPP lines - if anyone can > help me fix this... a free weekend in Cape Town! > -- Add the following to /etc/gated.conf and see if it still happens: interfaces { interface all passive; }; Acee P.S. I don't know when I'll get to Cape Town.