From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jul 9 18:50:58 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 9A45A37B400 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:50:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from I-Sphere.COM (shell.i-sphere.com [209.249.146.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E07A43E09 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:50:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fasty@shell.i-sphere.com) Received: from shell.i-sphere.com (fasty@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by I-Sphere.COM (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6A1q1Hd051137; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:52:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fasty@shell.i-sphere.com) Received: (from fasty@localhost) by shell.i-sphere.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g6A1q1sc051136; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:52:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:52:01 -0700 From: faSty To: Doug Silver Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ifconfig Aliasing Problem - 4.6 Message-ID: <20020710015201.GB51019@i-sphere.com> References: <20020709184146.Y3580-100000@mail.quantified.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20020709184146.Y3580-100000@mail.quantified.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) 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 here is ifconfig fxp0 alias 204.212.36.170 netmask 0xffffffff that what it worked great -fasty On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 06:42:55PM -0700, Doug Silver wrote: > 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). Here > > 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’s 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message