From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jul 9 18:43: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3D8D37B400 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.quantified.com (ns2.quantified.com [63.212.171.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9439143E31 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:42:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dsilver@urchin.com) Received: from mail.quantified.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.quantified.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g6A1gtlf003606; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:42:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dsilver@urchin.com) Received: from localhost (dsilver@localhost) by mail.quantified.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) with ESMTP id g6A1gtxJ003603; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:42:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.quantified.com: dsilver owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:42:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Silver X-X-Sender: dsilver@mail.quantified.com To: Rob Vella Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ifconfig Aliasing Problem - 4.6 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020709184146.Y3580-100000@mail.quantified.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Filter-Version: 1.7 (mail.quantified.com) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Rob - I believe the netmask must be 255.255.255.255. Could be wrong, though that's what I'm using on my 4.6 box. HTH -doug On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Rob Vella wrote: > I'm having trouble adding an alias to my Intel Etherexpress Pro (fxp0). H= ere > is the exact output: > > root$ /sbin/ifconfig fxp0 inet 204.212.36.170 netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast 204.212.36.255 alias > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > root$ > > I've had the same problem on my FreeBSD NAT Router (4.6 as well).. I'm > hoping this is just a release problem. > > If anyone can help me get that aliased and working I would greatly > appreciate it. > > Thanks, > Rob Vella > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world=92s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message