Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:13:32 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Kurt Keller <Kurt@pinboard.com> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP aliases Message-ID: <367F469C.E57CD5C2@softweyr.com> References: <3.0.5.16.19981221225911.439f4d8a@pop.pbdhome.pinboard.com>
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Kurt Keller wrote:
>
> On my FreeBSD 2.2.5 server I need to assign at least one more IP
> address to the ethernet card (only one, not even a slot free for an
> additional card). So I did
>
> ifconfig ed1 inet 192.168.0.8 alias
>
> ifconfig -a shows the additional address together with the already
> assigned one (192.168.0.1) and from other stations, I can also access
> it. However, on the server itself no route is created (netstat -nr) for
> this new virtual interface, neither can the server access itself (ping,
> telnet or anything) on this virtual address. Both addresses, .1 and .8
> are on the same subnet.
>
> Did I miss something or is this the way FreeBSD is supposed to behave?
> I often do this kind of stuff on Solaris because there are not enough
> sbus slots for the number of token ring interfaces required. On Solaris
> the new virtual interface gets a name of its own (tr0 for the physical
> interface, tr0:1, tr0:2, tr0:3 etc. for the added virtual ones) and
> also the route entries are created accordingly.
I believe you need to add "netmask 255.255.255.255" to the end of the
"ifconfig alias" command. Checking...
Yup, that's it.
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