Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 15:38:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: "Eric J. Chet" <ejc@gargoyle.bazzle.com>, Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: IP ALIASING Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961010153711.29956B-100000@spirit.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <493.844973753@time.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > 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. > Ummm, I've been using this under 2.2-Current for the past 6months, without any problems: ifconfig ed0 alias 205.150.102.63 netmask 255.255.255.255 Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org
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