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Date:      Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:18:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Frank MacLachlan <fpm@n2.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, Frank MacLachlan <fpm@ravel.n2.net>
Subject:   Re: Problem w/ PPP and virtual web configuration
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961029231806.369o-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199610252121.OAA01393@ravel.n2.net>

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On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Frank MacLachlan wrote:

> I'm stumped because the virtual web hosting seems to require
> alias IP addresses.  I've seen this work with ethernet cards,
> but when I try to create alias IP addresses for the tunnel
> PPP device w/ ifconfig, I get 'ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Destination
> address required'.  I tried including the IP address of the
> far end of the PPP link, but got 'ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR):
> File exists' for my efforts.

What command line(s) are you using?

pppd should automatically configure the starting interface; you should be
able to run

ifconfig ppp0 alias xx.yy.zz.qq netmask 255.255.255.255

and they should be added with no less fanfare.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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