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Subject: Re: strange problem with ifconfig alias
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Vyacheslav Bocharov wrote this message on Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 20:56 +0200:
> >> root@chip# ifconfig em1 alias 195.3.245.xx/30
> >> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> 
> > If there is already an ip in that range on the interface, you need to use:
> > ifconfig em1 alias 195.3.245.xx/32
> There are no other ip on any interfaces in that range
> 
> > Next time include ifconfig -a so we know what addresses and interfaces
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > you have.  Makes diagnostics easier.
> I have included in mail:
> 
> root@chip# ifconfig |grep 195.3.245.
> root@chip#

This is not ifconfig -a.

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