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Subject: Re: aliases
To: igor@cs.ibank.ru (Igor Vinokurov)
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 09:23:25 +0200 (GMT)
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In-Reply-To: <199607310617.KAA04363@escape.cs.ibank.ru> from "Igor Vinokurov" at Jul 31, 96 10:17:55 am
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Igor Vinokurov wrote:
>   I have strange problem. I use ifconfig ep0 alias command to
>   add alias to ep0 interface (btw, 3c509 ethernet card) and ping
>   to alias number. 100% packets lots. After short delay (10-15sec)
>   system tell me: Host is down!
> 
>   I use this scheme under 2.1.0R without problem.

Hi there,

I use a 3c509 under 2.1.0R and found that I needed to manually add
routes to the aliases as ifconfig would not always add the correct
routing table entries.

Its not pleasant, but:
route add <alias ip> 127.0.0.1

foreach <alias ip> will fix things.  Sounds like a bug somewhere if it
worked fine for you under 2.1.0R but not for me, and now flakes in a
similar way for you in 2.1.5R as for me in 2.1.0R.  I wasn't sure if
this was a bug.

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