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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:57:08 +0200
From: Martin Hasenbein <mh-freebsd-questions@space.net>
To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: ifconfig alias ...
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Odhiambo Washington (wash@wananchi.com) wrote:
> * Martin Hasenbein <mh-freebsd-questions@space.net> [20010730 17:43]: writing on the subject 'ifconfig alias ...'
> Martin> Hi,
> Martin> 
> Martin> I have a question about ifconfig.
> Martin> I have a NIC with the IP-Address 192.168.0.1
> Martin> and I want to assign 4 more IP-Addresses to this NIC.
> Martin> What do I have to configure to have these 4 IPs as
> Martin> aliases on my NIC?? Do I have to change something
> Martin> with the pseudo-devices in my kernel? What do I have to
> Martin> configure with ifconfig?
> 
> If the other addresses belong to different nets, then this one below works
> 
> ifconfig_fxp0="inet 62.8.64.4  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> ifconfig_fxp0_alias0="inet 212.49.74.4 netmask 255.255.255.128"
> 
> If they other addresses belong to the same net as the first IP, then
> 
> ifconfig_fxp0="inet 62.8.64.4  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> ifconfig_fxp0_alias0="inet 62.8.64.W netmask 255.255.255.255"
> ifconfig_fxp0_alias1="inet 62.8.64.X netmask 255.255.255.255"
> ifconfig_fxp0_alias2="inet 62.8.64.Y netmask 255.255.255.255"
> ifconfig_fxp0_alias3="inet 62.8.64.Z netmask 255.255.255.255"
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> 
> -Wash
> 

Hi Wash,

do I have to add these lines on the command line or do I have to insert
them in /etc/rc.conf? Or both?
So I have nothing to configure in my kernel?!

	/martin

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