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To: "Eric J. Chet" <ejc@gargoyle.bazzle.com>
cc: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: IP ALIASING 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 10 Oct 1996 14:46:11 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:55:53 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Hello
> 	Why does this not work with ppp0 under -current?
> 
> >ifconfig ppp0 alias 206.103.246.162 netmask 0xffffffff
> >ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Destination address required

Because it's not the correct syntax for an ifconfig command? ;-)

If you read the man page, you'll see that alias is a parameter and, as
such, must follow the address, not precede it.

					Jordan