From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jul 9 19: 0:57 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 D7F3237B400 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 19:00:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from peitho.fxp.org (peitho.fxp.org [209.26.95.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5289D43E52 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 19:00:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdf.lists@fxp.org) Received: by peitho.fxp.org (Postfix, from userid 1501) id A1A2E136B7; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:00:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:00:51 -0400 From: Chris Faulhaber To: Rob Vella Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ifconfig Aliasing Problem - 4.6 Message-ID: <20020710020051.GA28023@peitho.fxp.org> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Faulhaber , Rob Vella , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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 --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 01:21:21AM +0000, Rob Vella wrote: > I'm having trouble adding an alias to my Intel Etherexpress Pro (fxp0).= =20 > Here is the exact output: >=20 > root$ /sbin/ifconfig fxp0 inet 204.212.36.170 netmask 255.255.255.0=20 > broadcast 204.212.36.255 alias > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > root$ >=20 Use the correct netmask; from ifconfig(8): alias Establish an additional network address for this interface. T= his is sometimes useful when changing network numbers, and one wis= hes to accept packets addressed to the old interface. If the addr= ess is on the same subnet as the first network address for this interface, a non-conflicting netmask must be given. Usually 0xffffffff is most appropriate. --=20 Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: FreeBSD: The Power To Serve iD8DBQE9K5VTObaG4P6BelARArm7AJ9kcBy+fpg7YL+3E7hav6jOrYkBpACgoR/u OdBKNA9J9RRuQjXqzVMZdxQ= =OT4X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message